Official Name: | Dentville, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Dentville |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Copiah |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 262 |
Coordinates: | 31.96°N -90.5553°W |
Area Code: | 601 & 769 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 669234 |
Dentville, also known as Pine Bluff, is an unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States.
The community was originally known as Pine Bluff, a descriptive name for a bluff over Bayou Pierre. A post office already existed with the name Pine Bluff in Mississippi, so the community was named Dentville in honor of Warren Dent, a storeowner and the community's first postmaster.[1]
A post office operated under the name Dentville from 1887 to 1906.[2]