Welcome to Bessmay ...

Bessmay is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Bessmay is located in Jasper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bessmay, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Bessmay is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Bessmay: 409

Communities near Bessmay ...

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

• Silsbee
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Silsbee is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silsbee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,610 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silsbee <3>
• Kirbyville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Kirbyville is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirbyville <3>
• Bunker Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bunker Hill is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
• Call Junction
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Call Junction is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call Junction
• Evadale
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Evadale is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evadale
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evadale <3>
• Call
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Call is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Call <3>
• Fred
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Fred is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fred
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fred <3>
• Deweyville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Deweyville is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deweyville <3>
• Bleakwood
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bleakwood is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
• Texla
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Texla is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texla

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bessmay ...

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

Adding Bessmay to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bessmay 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 Bessmay was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bessmay.