Bethlehem, Mississippi


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.

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 to the north, and Holly Springs, the Marshall county seat, is to the northwest. New Albany in Union County is by road to the southeast.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bethlehem CDP has an area, 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.

Notable people

Railroad executive Victor V. Boatner was born in Bethlehem, as was Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame member and civil rights advocate Chet Walker.