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Welcome to Beppo ...

So far, we found very little information about Beppo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Beppo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Beppo, please Contact Us.

Beppo would have been located within present day Hancock County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beppo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Beppo is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Beppo was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Beppo was located: 228

Websites for Beppo ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hancockchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Beppo, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Beppo ...

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

  • Slidell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Slidell is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <4>
  • Bay Saint Louis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Diamondhead
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pass Christian
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Waveland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pearl River
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pearl River is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,618 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl River <4>
  • Lakeshore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Lakeshore is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
  • Pearlington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Logtown ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Logtown is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
  • Napoleon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Napoleon is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon

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 Beppo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beppo.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Beppo. 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 Beppo.

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

Adding Beppo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beppo 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 Beppo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Beppo post office opened in 1857. The Beppo post office closed in 1859.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beppo.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Beppo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beppo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/