Main city: Benoit
Timezone: Central
Phone type: Landline
Operator: Bellsouth Telecomm Inc DBA South Central Bell Tel

Benoit, a town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 477 at the 2010 census, down from 611 at the 2000 census. The 1956 movie Baby Doll was shot on location at the Burrus House in Benoit; many local residents played in minor roles. ^source

Area code 662 is the telephone area code serving northern Mississippi, including five counties (Tunica, Tate, Desoto, Marshall, and Benton) that are part of the Memphis metro area. In 1999 the area code was split off from the original 601 area code, which had until 1997 covered the entire state. The split came in part because the Memphis LATA extends some distance into northern Mississippi, meaning a large block of numbers in Memphis' area code 901 are not available for use. ^source