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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bethel City. 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 Bethel City.<1>

Our sources for Bethel City (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Bethel City other than they indicate that Bethel City would be found somewhere in Marion County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1875 and closed  in 1883.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bethel City ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bethel City:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

More Orphans in  Marion County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Marion County.

BenningtonLucas Grove
Berry 
 Melcher
Cooper SpringsMennon
 Morgan Valley
Dallas 
DivideNepas
DixonvilleNew Town
DonnellyNewark
Dunreath 
 Oak
Elm GroveOradell
Ely 
English SettlementPainted Rocks
EveristParan City
 Park Hills
FifieldPoplar Grove
  
HarveyvilleRed Rock Lakeview
 Rousseau
Iola 
 Weston
Lake PrairieWheeling

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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