Bethlehem, Mississippi

Bethlehem is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States. Its ZIP code is 38659.

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 5 mi to the north, and Holly Springs, the Marshall county seat, is 18 mi to the northwest. New Albany in Union County is 24 mi by road to the southeast.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bethlehem CDP has an area 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.

2020 census
''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 can be of any race.''

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.