Beulah, MS

Beulah is a town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The 2020 census counted 242 residents. Beulah is served by Mississippi Highway 1. Lake Beulah, an oxbow lake formerly connected to the Mississippi River, is west of the town. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Beulah, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Beulah, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. The Illinois Central Railroad had a station in Beulah, but the line is now abandoned. During that time, the Mississippi River flowed next to Beulah along "Beulah Bend", and Clark was often visited by Mark Twain while writing Life on the Mississippi. Montgomery purchased a tract of land along the river north of the Doro Plantation and established a plantation.