RoadsideThoughts |
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada |
Home >> State of Alaska >> Bell Island | Sitemap... |
Do you know of Bell Island ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bell Island. 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 Bell Island. We found mention of Bell Island as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in somewhere in Alaska. It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1932 and closed in 1954. 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 Bell Island ...We found two communities that share the name Bell Island. Within Alaska, the name Bell Island is unique. Beyond Alaska, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bell Island ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bell Island: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> The FIPS database contains an entry for Bell Island. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 02/06080 (Place Name: Bell Island) County: Prince of Wales-Outer (FIPS State/County: 02/201) Class: X3 Footnotes ...
|
Thank you for visiting our website.
In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.
If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.
This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024