Bewelcome, Mississippi

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Bewelcome, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Bewelcome, Mississippi
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Bewelcome, Mississippi
Coordinates: 31°13′08″N90°56′19″W / 31.21889°N 90.93861°W / 31.21889; -90.93861
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Amite
Elevation
387 ft (118 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID692589 [1]

Bewelcome (also Be Welcome) is an unincorporated community in Amite County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

The settlement is located within the Homochitto National Forest.

History

The Woodland United Methodist Church was established east of the settlement in 1870. A cemetery was also located there. The church closed in 2008. [2] [3] [4]

Bewelcome had a post office in the early 1900s. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bewelcome
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woodlawn Church
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woodlawn Cemetery
  4. ↑ Herndon, Ernest (June 17, 2008). "Church Closing Sad, But Life Goes On". Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church.
  5. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p.  236.


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