Bently, Mississippi

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Bently, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Bently
Coordinates: 33°45′27″N89°13′57″W / 33.75750°N 89.23250°W / 33.75750; -89.23250
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Calhoun
Elevation
338 ft (103 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID705954 [1]

Bently, also spelled Bentley, is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States.

History

Bently was first settled in 1844 and named for the Bentley family. It was formerly home to a general store and school. [2] A sawmill was moved from Arbor Grove in Chickasaw County, Mississippi to Bently. [3]

A post office operated under the name Bently from 1877 to 1909. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Bently". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Goodspeed's. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Volume II, Part II. Pelican Publishing. p. 237. ISBN   978-1-4556-0119-6.
  3. ↑ Chickasaw County, Mississippi: A Pictorial History. Turner Publishing Company. 2002. p. 80. ISBN   978-1-56311-834-0.
  4. ↑ "Calhoun County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 6, 2020.


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