Welcome to Bess ...

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

We've added Bess to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Bess - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Bess, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Bess , we believe that it would have been located within present day Guadalupe County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bess, you might consider that their post office opened in 1925.

Time Zone: The area where Bess was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Bess was located: 575

Communities Also Named Bess ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Bess - they are located in Michigan, Texas and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bess.

Adding Bess to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bess 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 for Bess was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Bess post office opened in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bess.

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 Bess, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Guadalupe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/