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Welcome to Bellsburg ...

Bellsburg is located in Dickson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bellsburg, 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.

Bellsburg is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bellsburg lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Bellsburg ...

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

  • Cheap Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
  • Clarksville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Oakridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
  • Dickson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant View
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ashland City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Coopertown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Coopertown is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
  • White Bluff
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Kingston Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pegram
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bellsburg ...

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

Adding Bellsburg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bellsburg.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Dickson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bellsburg - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.