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Welcome to Bellville ...

Bellville is located in Sevier County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bellville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Bellville is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bellville: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Bellville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arkansas communities named Bellville: This one is located in Sevier County and the other is located in Boone County.

Beyond Arkansas, there are 13 communities that are also named Bellville - they are located in Florida, Georgia (4), Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Ohio (2) and Texas.

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

Communities near Bellville ...

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

  • De Queen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ashdown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Ashdown is located in Little River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashdown <4>
  • Nashville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Mineral Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Dierks
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Horatio
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Foreman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Wilton is located in Little River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <4>
  • Tollette
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Tollette is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
  • Winthrop
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bellville ...

Looking for more information about Bellville? 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 Bellville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bellville.

Adding Bellville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bellville 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 (so far) for Bellville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bellville post office opened in 1860. The Bellville post office closed in 1867.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bellville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Sevier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bellville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Bellville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Bellville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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