Official Name: | Berclair, Mississippi |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Berclair |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Leflore |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 125 |
Coordinates: | 33.4717°N -90.365°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 38941 |
Area Code: | 662 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 678502 |
Berclair is an unincorporated community located in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. Berclair is approximately 3miles west of Itta Bena. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area.
Berclair is located along Blue Lake.[1] In 1905, Berclair was home to the Schuh-Miller Lumber Company.[2] In 1910, Berclair had five general stores, sawmill, and cotton gin. Berclair sits on the Columbus and Greenville Railway.
A post office operated under the name Berclair from 1890 to 1894 and from 1899 to 1920.[3]
Blues guitar player B.B. King was born just outside Berclair in 1925, and lived there until the age of four when he went to live with his maternal grandmother. This event is commemorated by a Mississippi Blues Trail marker in Berclair.[4]