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Welcome to Bell Springs ...So far, we found very little information about Bell Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Bell Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bell Springs, please Contact Us. Bell Springs would have been located within present day Mendocino County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bell Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920. A typical abbreviation for Bell Springs: Bell Spgs. (or less commonly used: Bell Spngs. or Bell Sprngs.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Bell Springs is 3,620 feet [1,103 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Bell Springs is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Bell Springs was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Bell Springs once stood is in the (707) area code. Communities Also Named Bell Springs ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bell Springs - it's located in Alabama. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bell Springs. Communities near Bell Springs ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bell Springs.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bell Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bell Springs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bell Springs. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bell Springs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bell Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Bell Springs. Adding Bell Springs to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bell Springs in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bell Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Bell Springs mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929). For more details, see References and Mentions for Bell Springs. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Mendocino County: www.co.mendocino.ca.us/ The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/ Footnotes ...
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