Bewelcome, Mississippi
Bewelcome (also Be Welcome) is an unincorporated community in Amite County, Mississippi, United States.
The settlement is located within the Homochitto National Forest.
History
The Woodland United Methodist Church was established east of the settlement in 1870. A cemetery was also located there. The church closed in 2008.
Bewelcome had a post office in the early 1900s.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bewelcome
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woodlawn Church
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woodlawn Cemetery
- ^ Herndon, Ernest (June 17, 2008). "Church Closing Sad, But Life Goes On". Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 236.
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