Belden, Mississippi

Belden, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°18′37″N88°47′18″W / 34.31028°N 88.78833°W / 34.31028; -88.78833
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Lee
Elevation	344 ft (105 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	38826
GNIS feature ID	666766 [1]

Belden, is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. Most of the community is located within the city of Tupelo.

History

In the early 1900s, the settlement was a stop on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway. About that time, Belden had a post office, a school, two churches, several stores, and a population of about 350. ^[2]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belden
2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p.  228.