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Welcome to Betheden ...

Betheden is located in Winston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Betheden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Betheden is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Betheden: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Betheden ...

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

  • Starkville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Louisville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ackerman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Crawford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Noxapater
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sturgis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bradley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bradley is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
  • Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
  • Longview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Longview is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
  • Fairport ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Fairport is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Betheden ...

Looking for more information about Betheden? 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 Betheden, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Betheden.

Adding Betheden to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Betheden post office opened in 1886. The Betheden post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Betheden.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Winston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Betheden - 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 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Betheden area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Betheden 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/