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Welcome to Bell Road ...

So far, we found very little information about Bell Road. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bell Road to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bell Road, please Contact Us.

Bell Road would have been located within present day Philadelphia County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bell Road, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Bell Road: Bell Rd.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bell Road is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Bell Road was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Bell Road ...

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

  • Philadelphia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Camden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Camden is located in Camden County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
  • Norristown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Chester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • West Chester
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Gloucester City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
  • Lansdowne
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodbury
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
  • Brookhaven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Conshohocken
    (12 miles [19.3 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 Bell Road. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bell Road.

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

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

Adding Bell Road to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bell Road 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 Road was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bell Road.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bell Road, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Philadelphia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bell Road - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.