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Do you know of Bell Branch ???

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

Our sources for Bell Branch (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 Bell Branch other than they indicate that Bell Branch would be found somewhere in Wayne County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877 and closed  in 1907.

Communities Also Named Bell Branch ...

We found one communities that share the name Bell Branch.

Within Michigan, the name Bell Branch is unique.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Bell Branch in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • Ellis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bell Branch [Ellis County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bell Branch ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bell Branch - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Wayne 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 Wayne County.

AshMaybury
 McKinneys
Bay City JunctionMeyers Junction
Beaufait StationMiddlebelt
BeckMill
BedfordMilwaukee Junction
BeldenMorton
Belt Line JunctionMount Elliott
BennettMount Olivet
Birch Hill Park 
BirrellNallville
BorodinoNankin Mills
BoulevardNankin
BrownstownNavarre
 Newburg
Canton StationNorris
CatvilleNorth Detroit
ChandlerNorth End
ChauvinNortheast
ClaireviewNortheastern
ClairviewNorthwestern
College Park 
Connors GroveOakwood Junction
CoolidgeOakwood Park
Cottage GroveOakwood
Curtis SidingOld Redford
  
Dearborn JunctionPark Grove
DearbornvillePark Plaza
DearoadPenford
DehocoPenobscot
Delta YardPerrinsville
 Pike's Peak
East MelvindalePlank Road
Eastland CenterPlymouth Junction
EcorcePreston
Ecorse Junction 
EdisonRedford Heights
ElmwoodRedford Junction
EurekaRosedale Gardens
 Rougemere
Fenkell 
FishersSaint Clair Heights
Five PointsSalt Wells
Ford JunctionSand Hill
FordSchaeffer
FordhavenSecords
Forest LawnSeven Oaks
Fort DearbornSherwood Gardens
Fort ShelbySkandia
Fox CreekSlocum Junction
FullertonSmithville
 South Nankin
Garden City NorthSouth Plymouth
GarfieldSouthern Junction
Grand Circus ParkStone Island
Grand RiverStony Island
Grandale GardensStrongs Siding
GratiotSumpter
GreenfieldSwift
  
Hand StationTaylor Park
HarperTeleford
Hickory IslandTelreka
HowlettTonquish
Huron StationTown Line
HuronTrenton Junction
 Trolley
JeffersonTruago
JoyfieldTurkey
  
KenwoodVan Pelham
Kercheval 
KraftWallaceville
 Waterford
Lake Shore JunctionWayne Junction
LeesvilleWest Detroit
LeGraphWest End
LinwoodWestend
LivernoisWhitewood
LurmetWillow Gardens
 Woodmere
Maple 
MarkYew
Mason 

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/









 

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