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Welcome to Bells Valley ...

Bells Valley is located in Rockbridge County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bells Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Bells Valley: Bells Vly. (or less commonly used: Bells Vally. or Bells Vlly.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Bells Valley for more information about variations on the name of Bells Valley.

Bells Valley is 1,510 feet [460 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bells Valley: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Bells Valley ...

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

  • Lexington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Craigsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Goshen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Yost
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
    • Yost is located in Bath County
  • Marble Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
    • Marble Valley is located in Augusta County
  • Newport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Newport is located in Augusta County
  • Pond Gap ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pond Gap. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Gap
    • Pond Gap is located in Augusta County
  • Brownsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Millboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Deerfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
    • Deerfield is located in Augusta County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bells Valley ...

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

Adding Bells Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bells Valley 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 Bells Valley was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

We also found Bells Valley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bells Valley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Rockbridge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bells Valley - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Bells Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Bells Valley 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.