Welcome to Benmore ...
Benmore is located in Perry County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Benmore, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.
Benmore is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Benmore lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Benmore: 601 & 769<3>
Communities Also Named Benmore ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Benmore - it's located in Utah.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Benmore.
Communities near Benmore ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Benmore.
- Richton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Beaumont
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beaumont is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
- New Augusta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McLain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- McLain is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Wingate
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wingate is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
- Avera
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Avera is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avera
- Bothwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bothwell is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bothwell
- Goodluck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Goodluck is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
- Mulberry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mulberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Carson City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carson City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson City
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 Benmore. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Benmore.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Benmore. 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 Benmore.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Benmore. See our Newspapers Page for Benmore.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Benmore ...
Looking for more information about Benmore? 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 Benmore, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Benmore.
Adding Benmore to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Benmore in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Benmore was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Benmore post office opened in 1913. The Benmore post office closed in 1925.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Benmore.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Perry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Benmore - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | 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 Benmore area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Benmore area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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/ |