Welcome to Bedford ...The city of Bedford is located in Taylor County<1> and is the County Seat for Taylor County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bedford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Bedford has a population of 1,404 people<2> (see below for details). Bedford is 1,160 feet [354 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Bedford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Bedford: 712 The ZIP code for Bedford: 50833<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Bedford had an population of 1,404 people. This is a decrease of 2.5% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 13.33% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Bedford had a population of 1,440 people (or 22.78% of the total population of Taylor County). This makes Bedford the county's most populous community. The population of Bedford represents 0.05% of the total population of Iowa (which has 3,046,355 people), making it the state's 213rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,440 people, the population of Bedford decreased 11.11% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,620 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Bedford. Communities Also Named Bedford ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Bedford - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Missouri, Montana (2), New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York (2), North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (2), Washington and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bedford. Communities near Bedford ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bedford.
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 Bedford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bedford. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bedford. 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 Bedford. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bedford. Our list includes 16 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Bedford. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bedford ...Looking for more information about Bedford? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Bedford, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bedford. Adding Bedford to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bedford 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 Bedford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bedford. Footnotes ...
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