Bewelcome, Mississippi Explained

Official Name:Bewelcome, Mississippi
Pushpin Map:Mississippi#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Mississippi
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Amite
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:387
Coordinates:31.2189°N -90.9386°W
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:692589

Bewelcome (also Be Welcome) is an unincorporated community in Amite County, Mississippi, United States.

The settlement is located within the Homochitto National Forest.

History

The Woodland United Methodist Church was established east of the settlement in 1870. A cemetery was also located there. The church closed in 2008.[1]

Bewelcome had a post office in the early 1900s.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Herndon . Ernest . Church Closing Sad, But Life Goes On . Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church . June 17, 2008 .
  2. Book: Rowland, Dunbar . Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form . Southern Historical Publishing Association . 1907 . 1 . 236.