Lake Como, Mississippi

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
31°57′45″N 89°12′45″W / 31.96250°N 89.21250°W / 31.96250; -89.21250CountryUnited StatesStateMississippiCountyJasperElevation
344 ft (105 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code(s)601 & 769GNIS feature ID691993[1]

Lake Como is an unincorporated community located in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Lake Como lies one mile east of Tallahoma Creek.[2]

A post office operated under the name Lake Como from 1859 to 1951.[3]

The founder of Bay Springs, L. L. Denson, moved there from Lake Como in the early 1900s.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Lake Como, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 20.
  3. ^ "Jasper County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "Jasper County Municipalities". Jasper County, Mississippi. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
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