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Welcome to Belcherville ...

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

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


Belcherville was located

Belcherville would have been located within present day Montague County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Belcherville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Belcherville is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Belcherville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Belcherville was located: 940

Communities near Belcherville ...

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

  • Bowie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bowie is located in Montague County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <4>
  • Nocona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Saint Jo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Ryan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ryan is located in Jefferson County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryan <4>
  • Terral
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Terral is located in Jefferson County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terral
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terral <4>
  • Bellevue
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Fleetwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Fleetwood is located in Jefferson County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
  • Ringgold
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hynds City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hynds City is located in Montague County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynds City
  • Montague
    (11 miles [17.7 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 Belcherville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Belcherville.

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

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

Adding Belcherville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Belcherville post office opened in 1887. The Belcherville post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Belcherville.

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 Belcherville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Montague, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Belcherville - 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.
<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/