Lake Como is an unincorporated community located in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Lake Como lies one mile east of Tallahoma Creek.[2]
Lake Como, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 31°57′45″N 89°12′45″W / 31.96250°N 89.21250°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Jasper |
Elevation | 344 ft (105 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 601 & 769 |
GNIS feature ID | 691993[1] |
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
edit- ^ a b "Lake Como, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Jasper County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ "Jasper County Municipalities". Jasper County, Mississippi. Retrieved September 25, 2021.