Welcome to Bissell ...Bissell is located in Sangamon County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bissell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896. Bissell is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Bissell lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Bissell: 217 & 447<3> Communities Also Named Bissell ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Bissell - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2) and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bissell. Communities near Bissell ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bissell.
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 Bissell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bissell. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bissell. 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 Bissell. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bissell. See our Newspapers Page for Bissell. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bissell ...Looking for more information about Bissell? 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 Bissell, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bissell. Adding Bissell to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bissell 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 Bissell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bissell. Footnotes ...
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