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Welcome to Bonhomie ...

Bonhomie is located in Forrest County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bonhomie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Bonhomie is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bonhomie: 601 & 769<3>

Communities near Bonhomie ...

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

  • Petal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Petal is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,692 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petal <4>
  • Purvis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sumrall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • New Augusta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • West Hattiesburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
  • Goodluck
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Goodluck is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
  • McLaurin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • McLaurin is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaurin
  • Lux
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lux is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
  • Sanford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sanford is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
  • Brooklyn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bonhomie ...

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

Adding Bonhomie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bonhomie post office opened in 1893. The Bonhomie post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bonhomie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Forrest, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bonhomie - 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 Bonhomie area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Bonhomie 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/