Welcome to Bessemer ...So far, we found very little information about Bessemer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Bessemer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bessemer, please Contact Us. Bessemer would have been located within present day Natrona County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bessemer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. While the community is gone, the present day location for Bessemer is 5,200 feet [1,585 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Bessemer is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Bessemer was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Bessemer was located: 307 Communities Also Named Bessemer ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Bessemer - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bessemer. Communities near Bessemer ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bessemer.
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 Bessemer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bessemer. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bessemer. 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 Bessemer. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bessemer. See our Newspapers Page for Bessemer. Adding Bessemer to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bessemer in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bessemer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bessemer. Footnotes ...
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