Welcome to Bell's Ridge ...

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

We've added Bell's Ridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Bell's Ridge - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Bell's Ridge, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Bell's Ridge , we believe that it would have been located within present day Madison County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bell's Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Time Zone: The area where Bell's Ridge was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Adding Bell's Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...

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Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bell's Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/