Do you know of Bella Vista ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bella Vista. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Bella Vista.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Bella Vista, so we are uncertain whether Bella Vista is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Bella Vista would be found somewhere in Los Angeles County, California.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Bella Vista ...

We found ten communities that share the name Bella Vista.

There are three communities within California that are also named Bella Vista.

Beyond California, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In California ...
- Contra Costa County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Bella Vista [Contra Costa County].
- Shasta County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bella Vista [Shasta County].
- Tulare County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bella Vista [Tulare County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Benton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bella Vista [Benton County].
- Delaware
  - New Castle County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Bella Vista [New Castle County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bella Vista [Hillsborough County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Lycoming County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bella Vista [Lycoming County].
  - Philadelphia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bella Vista [Philadelphia County].
- Texas
  - Starr County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bella Vista [Starr County].
- Virginia
  - Pulaski County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bella Vista [Pulaski County].

More Orphans in Los Angeles County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Los Angeles County.

Alamitos	Maravilla Park
Almondale	Marcelina
Alondra	Marengo
Ambassador	Market
Angeles Mesa	Marloma
Aranbee	Mayfair
Arcade	Mayo
Ardmore	Mentone
Arnaz	Mesmer
Arroyo Park	Michillinda
	Millard Canon
Bailey	Mirada Hills
Baldwin	Miramonte
Ballona Junction	Montana
Barrington	Monte
Bergamot	Montebello Gardens
Bethel	Morgan
Bixby	Mountain View
Bonner	Myrtle
Border City
Boyle	Nadeau Park
Briggs	Newhall Ranch
Bryant	North Downey
Burke	North Gardena
Burwell	North Inglewood
	North Los Angeles
Cabrillo	North Oaks
Calabasas Hills	North Redondo Beach
Calabasas Park	North Torrance
Canoga Annex	North Whittier Heights
Catalina	North Whittier
Cedar	North Wilmington
Centinela	North
Chapman Woods
Cole	Oakwood
Colegrove	Ocean View
Collier	Olivewood
Corbin Village	Olympic
Coronet	Orangwood
Crenshaw - Imperial	Osbourne
Crenshaw
Crutcher	Pacific
	Paddison Square
Daices	Painter
Danville	Palmdale East
Denis	Pasadena Heights
Dennis Park	Pasadena Junction
Dockweiler	Patata
Doheny	Pico Heights
Dominguez Hills	Pico Park
Douglas	Pioneer
Downey Avenue	Point Firmin
Dundee	Points
	Port Ballona
East Long Beach	Preuss
East Lynwood	Prospect Park
East San Pedro
Eastgate	Ramirez
Eastview	Ramona
Eaton Canon	Rancho Park
Echo Mountain	Raymond
El Porto Beach	Reyes
Electric	Rimpau
Elizabeth Lake	Rioco
	Rivera
Fair Oaks	Rolling Hills Riviera
Fairfax	Roosevelt Corner
Farmers Market	Royal Oaks
Fernado	Rudell
Figueroa
Fillmore	San Clemente Island
Firestone	San Juan
Flint	San Vincente
Flintridge	Sanford
Florence - Graham	Santa Catalina Island
Foothill	Santa Monica Canyon
Forrest Park	Saugus - Bouquet Canyon
Foy	Savoy
Franklin	Scott
Fruitland	Slawson
	Soldier's Home
Ganesha	Soto
Gateway	South Alhambra
Glassell	South Downey
Glenoaks	South Gardena
Golden Cove	South Park
Golden Valley	South Shores
Gorman's Station	South Whittier Heights
Grandview - Palos Verdes	Springdale
Green	Stephens
Greenmead	Sun Village
Griffith	Sunset Hills

Hancock	Tejunga
Hazard	Textile
Hillcrest	Thompson
Howard	Trego
Hub City	Tustin City
	Tweedy
Imperial Crest
Ivy	University

Junction Station	Val Verde Park
	Valley Plaza
Kearney	Valleydale
	Vanowen
La Ballona	Verdugo Viejo
La Costa	Verdugo Woodlands
La Crescenta - Montrose	Vernondale
La Joya	Victoria Park
La Metro	Victory Center
La Mirada East	View Park - Windsor Hills
La Rambla	Viking
La Tijera	Vineland
La Tuna Canyon
Lakewood Park	Wagner
Lamanda	Washington
Las Casitas	West Adams
Latin	Westfield
Laurel Canyon	Westvern
Liberty Acres	Westwood Siding
Lincoln Park	Whittier South
Live Oak Canyon	Wilcox
Loma	Wildeson
Loop	Wilmington Park
Los Altos Terrace	Wilshire - La Brea
Los Amigos	Winthorp
Los Feliz	Wise
Lugo	Wiseburn
Lunada Bay	Woodland Park

Maclay	Yorba
Malibu Heights	York
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Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Bella Vista could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.