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Welcome to Belle Ellen ...

Belle Ellen is located in Bibb County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Belle Ellen, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Belle Ellen, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

Belle Ellen is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Belle Ellen lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Belle Ellen: (205) and (269)<4>

Communities near Belle Ellen ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Belle Ellen.

  • Alabaster
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alabaster have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabaster
    • Alabaster is located in Shelby County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,701 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alabaster <6>
  • Helena
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Helena is located in Shelby County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,374 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <6>
  • Calera
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Montevallo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Brent
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake View
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake View have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
  • Centreville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
    • Centreville is located in Bibb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,559 people
  • Brookwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookwood
    • Brookwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,833 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookwood <6>
  • Vance
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vance have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
    • Vance is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,807 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <6>
  • Coaling
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coaling have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaling
    • Coaling is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,633 people

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 Belle Ellen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Belle Ellen.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Belle Ellen. 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 Belle Ellen.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Belle Ellen. See our Newspapers Page for Belle Ellen.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Belle Ellen ...

Looking for more information about Belle Ellen? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Belle Ellen, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Belle Ellen.

Adding Belle Ellen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Belle Ellen 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 Belle Ellen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Belle Ellen post office opened in 1903.

We also found Belle Ellen on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Belle Ellen.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Belle Ellen. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bibb County: www.co.bibb.ga.us/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Bibb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Belle Ellen - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (269) is an overlay for area code (205).
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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