| Bexley, Mississippi | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Bexley |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | George |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 125 |
| Coordinates: | 30.9667°N -88.6742°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 667063 |
Bexley is an unincorporated place in George County, Mississippi.
Prior to the creation of George County, Bexley was located in Greene County.[1]
The Diamond Lumber Company opened a sawmill in Bexley in 1901. The mill was capable of sawing 50000feet of pine per day. The company built a shortline railway running south from Bexley. The mill closed in 1918.[2]
Bexley was a stop on the mainline of the Illinois Central Railroad.
A post office operated under the name Bexley from 1900 to 1971.[3]
The Bexley School operated from 1913 to 1959, and was one of the first consolidated schools in Mississippi (consolidation allowed two or more rural schools to combine).[4]
In 2010, George County Sheriff Garry M. Welford was killed in Bexley while assisting in a high-speed chase. Welford was attempting to lay spike strips at an intersection in Bexley, when the vehicle under pursuit struck him. Both occupants of the fleeing vehicle, a boyfriend and girlfriend, were sentenced to life in prison without parole.[5] [6]
The hamlet is served by the Bexley Volunteer Fire Department.[7]
The Bexley water system was the first rural water system in the United States that was financed by the Farmers Home Administration.[8]