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Bellefontaine, Mississippi

Coordinates: 33°38′55″N 89°18′36″W / 33.64861°N 89.31000°W / 33.64861; -89.31000
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Bellefontaine, Mississippi
Bellefontaine, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Bellefontaine, Mississippi
Bellefontaine, Mississippi
Bellefontaine, Mississippi is located in the United States
Bellefontaine, Mississippi
Bellefontaine, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°38′55″N 89°18′36″W / 33.64861°N 89.31000°W / 33.64861; -89.31000
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyWebster
Elevation
348 ft (106 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39737
Area code662
GNIS feature ID666791[1]

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

History

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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

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  1. ^ a b "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.