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Welcome to Bard ...

Bard is located in Bedford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Bard is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bard: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Bard ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Bard - they are located in Arkansas, California, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Bard ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bedfordcountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Bard ...

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

  • Cumberland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Bedford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Berlin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Everett
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Boswell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Central City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hyndman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Lake is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
  • Stoystown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Schellsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bard ...

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

Adding Bard to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bard 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 Bard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bard post office opened in 1874. The Bard post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bard.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Bedford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bard - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Bard area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Bard 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/