Welcome to Mound Bayou ...The city of Mound Bayou is located in Bolivar County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Mound Bayou, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Mound Bayou has a population of 1,369 people<2> (see below for details). Mound Bayou is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Mound Bayou lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Mound Bayou: 662 The ZIP code for Mound Bayou: 38762<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Mound Bayou had an population of 1,369 people. This is a decrease of 10.7% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 34.87% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Mound Bayou had a population of 1,533 people. This makes Mound Bayou the county's 5th most populous community. The population of Mound Bayou represents 0.05% of the population of Mississippi (which has 2,967,297 people), making it the state's 131st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,533 people, the population of Mound Bayou decreased 27.07% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,102 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Mound Bayou. Communities near Mound Bayou ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mound Bayou.
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 Mound Bayou. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mound Bayou. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mound Bayou. 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 Mound Bayou. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mound Bayou. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Mound Bayou. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mound Bayou ...Looking for more information about Mound Bayou? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Mound Bayou, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Mound Bayou. Adding Mound Bayou to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Mound Bayou 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 for Mound Bayou was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Mound Bayou in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Mound Bayou. Footnotes ...
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