Welcome to Bissell ...

Bissell is located in Hunterdon County<1>.

The location of Bissell has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bissell, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

Bissell is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Bissell lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Bissell ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hunterdon-chamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Bissell, the following might be of interest:

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, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, 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.

• Plainfield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Plainfield is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
• Morristown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
  • Morristown is located in Morris County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,229 people
  • Morristown has also been known as:
  • New Hanover
  • West Hanover
• Dover
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Dover is located in Morris County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
• Hackettstown
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown
  • Hackettstown is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
• Clinton
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Hunterdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
• Belvidere
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
  • Belvidere is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
• Califon
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califon
  • Califon is located in Hunterdon County
• Farmersville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
  • Farmersville is located in Hunterdon County
• Hoffmans
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmans
  • Hoffmans is located in Hunterdon County
• Readingsburg
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readingsburg
  • Readingsburg is located in Hunterdon County

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 for Bissell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bissell post office opened in 1893.

We also found Bissell on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bissell.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bissell. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hunterdon County: www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/