Official Name: | Bethlehem, Mississippi |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Bethlehem |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Marshall |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 10.04 |
Area Land Km2: | 10.04 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.88 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.88 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 319 |
Population Density Km2: | 31.77 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 82.28 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 381 |
Coordinates: | 34.5772°N -89.3289°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 38659 (Potts Camp) |
Area Code: | 662 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2812735 |
Blank1 Name: | FIPS Code |
Blank1 Info: | 28-05780 |
Bethlehem is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States.
It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 319.[3]
The community is located in southeastern Marshall County along Mississippi Highway 349, in the heart of Holly Springs National Forest. Potts Camp, the mailing address for Bethlehem with ZIP Code 38659, is 5miles to the north, and Holly Springs, the Marshall county seat, is to the northwest. New Albany in Union County is by road to the southeast.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bethlehem CDP has an area, all land.[1] It is bordered to the north by Potts Creek and to the southeast by a tributary of the Little Tallahatchie River. The community is within the Tallahatchie River watershed.
White alone (NH) | 254 | 79.62% | |
Black or African American alone (NH) | 44 | 13.79% | |
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
Asian alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 1 | 0.31% | |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 11 | 3.45% | |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9 | 2.82% | |
Total | 319 | 100.00% |
Railroad executive Victor V. Boatner was born in Bethlehem,[5] as was Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame member and civil rights advocate Chet Walker.[6]