Bethlehem, Mississippi

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|official_name = Bethlehem, Mississippi

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Mississippi

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Marshall

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|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Mississippi |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_gaz_place_28.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=March 6, 2024}}

|area_total_km2 = 10.04

|area_land_km2 = 10.04

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|area_total_sq_mi = 3.88

|area_land_sq_mi = 3.88

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = {{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US2805780&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Bethlehem CDP, Mississippi: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=March 6, 2024}}

|population_total = 319

|population_density_km2 = 31.77

|population_density_sq_mi = 82.28

|timezone = Central (CST)

|utc_offset = -6

|timezone_DST = CDT

|utc_offset_DST = -5

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|elevation_ft = 381

|coordinates = {{coord|34|34|38|N|89|19|44|W|region:US-MS|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 38659 (Potts Camp)

|area_code = 662

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = 2812735{{GNIS|2812735}}

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|blank1_info = 28-05780

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Bethlehem is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States.

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 319.{{Cite web|title=Bethlehem CDP, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2805780|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 13, 2022}}

Geography

The community is located in southeastern Marshall County along Mississippi Highway 349, in the heart of Holly Springs National Forest. Potts Camp, the mailing address for Bethlehem with ZIP Code 38659, is {{convert|5|mi|0}} to the north, and Holly Springs, the Marshall county seat, is {{convert|18|mi}} to the northwest. New Albany in Union County is {{convert|24|mi}} by road to the southeast.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bethlehem CDP has an area {{convert|3.9|sqmi}}, all land. It is bordered to the north by Potts Creek and to the southeast by a tributary of the Little Tallahatchie River. The community is within the Tallahatchie River watershed.

Demographics

{{US Census population

|2020= 319

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|+Bethlehem CDP, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition
{{nobold|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.}}

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2020{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Bethlehem CDP, Mississippi |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2805780&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}

!% 2020

White alone (NH)

|254

|79.62%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|44

|13.79%

Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|0.00%

Asian alone (NH)

|0.00%

Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|0.31%

Some Other Race alone (NH)

|0.00%

Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)

|11

|3.45%

Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|2.82%

Total

|319

|100.00%

Notable people

Railroad executive Victor V. Boatner was born in Bethlehem,{{cite web | title = Railway Age | publisher = R.G. Lewis | year = 1916 | url = https://archive.org/stream/railwayage61newy/railwayage61newy_djvu.txt}} as was Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame member and civil rights advocate Chet Walker.{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Sam|title=Chet the Jet joins basketball greats in the Hall of Fame|url=http://www.nba.com/bulls/history/chet-jet-joins-basketball-greats-hall-fame.html|website=NBA.COM|publisher=National Basketball Association|accessdate=5 December 2015|date=5 September 2012}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Marshall County, Mississippi

Category:Unincorporated communities in Mississippi

Category:Census-designated places in Marshall County, Mississippi