Bellefontaine, Mississippi

Bellefontaine, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Bellefontaine, Mississippi
Bellefontaine, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°38′55″N 89°18′36″W / 33.64861°N 89.31000°W / 33.64861; -89.31000Coordinates: 33°38′55″N 89°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(s) 662
GNIS feature ID 666791[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.
  2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 229.


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