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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578,487 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <4>
• Camden
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
• Norristown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
  • Norristown is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,323 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norristown <4>
• Chester
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,692 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
• West Chester
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
  • West Chester is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,048 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Chester <4>
• Gloucester City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City
  • Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
• Lansdowne
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansdowne have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansdowne
  • Lansdowne is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansdowne <4>
• Woodbury
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
  • Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
• Brookhaven
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Brookhaven is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,053 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookhaven <4>
• Conshohocken
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conshohocken
  • Conshohocken is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,051 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conshohocken <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 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 for Bell Road was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Bell Road on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/