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Belden, Mississippi
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Belden, Mississippi
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Belden, Mississippi
Belden, Mississippi (the United States)
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 ID666766 [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]

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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.