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Welcome to Beauregard ...

The village of Beauregard is located in Copiah County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beauregard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Beauregard has a population of 324 people<2> (see below for details).

Beauregard is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Beauregard lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Beauregard: 601 & 769<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Beauregard had an population of 324 people. This is a decrease of 0.61% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 22.26% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Beauregard had a population of 326 people. This makes Beauregard the county's 4th most populous community.

The population of Beauregard represents 0.01% of the population of Mississippi (which has 2,967,297 people), making it the state's 245th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 326 people, the population of Beauregard increased 23.02% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 265 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Beauregard.

Communities Also Named Beauregard ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Beauregard - it's located in Alabama.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beauregard.

Communities near Beauregard ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beauregard.

  • Brookhaven
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Crystal Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Hazlehurst
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Monticello
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Georgetown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
  • Martinsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Martinsville is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Montgomery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
  • New Sight
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • New Sight is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
  • Sardis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sardis is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
  • Glancy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Glancy is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glancy

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Beauregard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beauregard.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Beauregard. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beauregard.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Beauregard. See our Newspapers Page for Beauregard.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beauregard ...

Looking for more information about Beauregard? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Beauregard, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Beauregard.

Adding Beauregard to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beauregard in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Beauregard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Beauregard post office opened in 1872. The Beauregard post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beauregard.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Copiah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Beauregard.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beauregard - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Beauregard area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Beauregard area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/