Welcome to Bell ...So far, we found very little information about Bell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Bell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bell, please Contact Us. Bell would have been located within present day Presque Isle County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. While the community is gone, the present day location for Bell is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Bell was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Bell was located: 989 Communities Also Named Bell ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Michigan communities named Bell: This one is located in Presque Isle County and the other is located in Washtenaw County. Beyond Michigan, there are 21 communities that are also named Bell - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Oregon and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bell. Communities near Bell ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bell.
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 Bell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bell. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bell. 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 Bell. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bell. See our Newspapers Page for Bell. Adding Bell to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bell 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 Bell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bell. Footnotes ...
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