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Welcome to West Bedford ...

West Bedford is located in Coshocton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Bedford, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1819.

A typical abbreviation for West Bedford: W. Bedford

West Bedford is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Bedford: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named West Bedford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named West Bedford - it's located in Massachusetts.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Bedford.

Communities near West Bedford ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Bedford.

  • Coshocton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Gambier
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • West Lafayette
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Lafayette have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lafayette
    • West Lafayette is located in Coshocton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,301 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Lafayette <4>
  • Utica
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Dresden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Frazeysburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frazeysburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazeysburg
    • Frazeysburg is located in Muskingum County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,315 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frazeysburg <4>
  • Hanover
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hanover. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Hanover is located in Licking County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hanover
    • From West Bedford to Hanover
  • Danville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Killbuck
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killbuck have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killbuck
    • Killbuck is located in Holmes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 921 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Killbuck <4>
  • Warsaw
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warsaw have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
    • Warsaw is located in Coshocton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warsaw <4>

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 West Bedford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Bedford.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Bedford. 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 West Bedford.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Bedford. See our Newspapers Page for West Bedford.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Bedford ...

Looking for more information about West Bedford? 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 West Bedford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for West Bedford.

Adding West Bedford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Bedford 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 West Bedford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the West Bedford post office opened in 1819.

We also found West Bedford in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Bedford.

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

The official website for Coshocton County: www.co.coshocton.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Coshocton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Bedford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the West Bedford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the West Bedford area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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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