Bellefontaine, Mississippi

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Bellefontaine, Mississippi
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Bellefontaine, Mississippi
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Bellefontaine, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°38′55″N89°18′36″W / 33.64861°N 89.31000°W / 33.64861; -89.31000
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Webster
Elevation
348 ft (106 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39737
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID666791 [1]

Bellefontaine is an unincorporated community in Webster County, Mississippi, United States. [1] Its ZIP code is 39737. [2]

History

In the early 1900s, Bellefontaine had a money order post office and three churches. Several artesian wells had been found at and near the settlement. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bellefontaine, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p.  229.