Welcome to Bellfield ...

So far, we found very little information about Bellfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bellfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bellfield, please Contact Us.

Bellfield would have been located within present day Kershaw County<2>.

The location of Bellfield has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bellfield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bellfield is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Bellfield was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Bellfield would have been located in the (803) area code.

Communities Also Named Bellfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Bellfield - they are located in Kansas and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bellfield.

Communities near Bellfield ...

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

• Camden
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Kershaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,288 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <5>
• Blythewood
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythewood
  • Blythewood is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blythewood <5>
• Winnsboro
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro
  • Winnsboro is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,130 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnsboro <5>
• Elgin
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Elgin is located in Kershaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <5>
• Arcadia Lakes
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcadia Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
  • Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
• Ridgeway
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
  • Ridgeway is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgeway <5>
• Lugoff
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugoff
  • Lugoff is located in Kershaw County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lugoff <5>
• Smallwood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
  • Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
• Spring Village
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
  • Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
• Lafayette Village
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lafayette Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
  • Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County

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

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

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

Adding Bellfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bellfield in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bellfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bellfield post office opened in 1889.

We also found Bellfield on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bellfield.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/