Do you know of Bells ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bells. 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 Bells.
We found mention of Bells as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
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.
Communities Also Named Bells ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Bells.
Within Kentucky, the name Bells is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Lee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bells [Lee County].
- Noxubee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bells [Noxubee County].
- Oktibbeha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bells [Oktibbeha County].
- North Carolina
- Chatham County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bells [Chatham County].
- Ohio
- Pickaway County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bells [Pickaway County].
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bells [Westmoreland County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Crockett County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bells [Crockett County].
- Texas
- Grayson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bells [Grayson County].
- Virginia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bells ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bells:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bells - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Jefferson County ...
Can you help?
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 Jefferson County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Bells could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |