Bell Springs, California

Bell Springs
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°57′07″N 123°35′07″W / 39.95194°N 123.58528°W / 39.95194; -123.58528Coordinates: 39°57′07″N 123°35′07″W / 39.95194°N 123.58528°W / 39.95194; -123.58528
Country	United States
State	California
County	Mendocino County
Elevation^[1]	3,622 ft (1,104 m)

Bell Springs was a town and stage coach stop on Bell Springs Road in Mendocino County, California. It was located 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Leggett,^[2] at an elevation of 3622 feet (1104 m).^[1] A post office operated at Bell Springs from 1920 to 1961.^[2] The place was named in 1861 by Jim Graham for the cowbells he found at the site.^[2] What was once Bell Springs is now the location of the Bell Springs Ranch. Bell Springs Road, 28 miles of steep narrow unpaved mountain road, was originally called Mail Ridge, and was the only through road connecting Mendocino County and Humboldt County before Highway 101 was built.

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bell Springs, California
1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 16. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Mendocino County, California, United States

County seat: Ukiah

Cities	Fort Bragg Point Arena Ukiah Willits

CDPs	Albion Anchor Bay Boonville Brooktrails Calpella Caspar Cleone Comptche Covelo Hopland Laytonville Leggett Little River Manchester Mendocino Philo Potter Valley Redwood Valley Talmage

Unincorporated communities	Alpine Andersonia Arnold Asylum Bell Springs Bowman Place Branscomb Bredehoft Place Burbeck Cameron Camp Noyo Cape Horn Card Place Carpenter Place Clare Mill Crowley Cubbler Place Cummings Dawes DeCamp DeHaven Delmonico Place Dos Rios Duncan Springs Dunlap Place El Roble Elk Fair Oaks Farley Fish Rock Flumeville Four Pines Gallaway Glenblair Grove Gualala Hales Grove Hardy Hardy Place Hays Place Hearst Heath Place Heeser Addition Hendy Grove Indian Springs Inglenook Ingram Irmulco Jim Leggett Place Kibesillah Largo Laughlin Little Penny Longvale Marble Place Marks Place McClure Place Melbourne Mina Montgomery Nacomis Indian Rancheria Nashmead Navarro Newport Northspur Noyo Oasis Old Bailey Place Old Hopland Old Ornbaun Hot Springs Old Red Rock Place O'Neil Place Orrs Springs Philbrick Mill Piercy Pieta Pine Grove Pomo Pratt Place Presswood Pudding Creek Ranch Ralph Leggett Place Ramsey Redwood Lodge Reeves Place Regina Heights Reilly Heights Reyes Place Ridge Ridgewood Park Riverdale Shake City Simerson Soda Springs (Boonville) Soda Springs (Burbeck) South Fork South Leggett Spyrock Stronetta Tan Oak Park Tatu The Forks The Oaks Twin Rocks Ukiah Rancheria Underwood Park Union Landing Upp Vichy Springs Wanhala Westport Whiskey Springs Whitesboro Woodman Yorkville

Indian reservations	Coyote Valley Reservation Guidiville Rancheria Hopland Rancheria Iverson Indian Rancheria Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria Pinoleville Rancheria Potter Valley Rancheria Sherwood Valley Rancheria Redwood Valley Rancheria Round Valley Indian Reservation

Former settlements	Anderson Arthur Bentley Bokea Bucknell Buldam Cahto Carbon Carey Chomchadila Christine Christine Junction Clearbrook Comfort Crittendon Dapishul Dellavan Duffey Dunlap Echo Empire En Cimo Fairbanks Fountain Gracy Half Way Hardin Hermitage Iverson Junction Kenny Lane Redwood Flat Lema Masut Melborne Camp Mendocino Indian Reservation Moiya Muir Springs North Fork House Northwestern Noyo Lodge Ornbaun Poonkiny Rankin Redwine Reynolds River Garden Rockport Rodgers Rowes Salmon Creek Salsig Sawyers Sherburns Shiegho Signal Port Sunnyside Sylvandale Tilly Tolson Tomki Tomkiah Ubakhea Ulco Usal Wheeler Whitehall

Eel River Watershed

Tributaries	Black Butte River Bull Creek Cedar Creek East Branch South Fork Eel River Middle Fork Eel River North Fork Eel River Outlet Creek Rice Fork Salt River South Fork Eel River Van Duzen River Yager Creek

Communities	Alderpoint Alton Andersonia Bell Springs Benbow Branscomb Bridgeville Carlotta Cooks Valley Covelo Cummings Dinsmore Dos Rios Fernbridge Ferndale Fort Seward Fortuna Garberville Hydesville Laytonville Leggett Loleta Longvale Miranda Myers Flat Pepperwood Phillipsville Piercy Port Kenyon Redcrest Redway Rio Dell Rohnerville Scotia Weott Willits Zenia

Landmarks	Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area Avenue of the Giants Benbow Lake State Recreation Area Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park Highway 101 Humboldt Redwoods State Park Island Mountain Lake Pillsbury Northwestern Pacific Railroad Richardson Grove State Park Scotia Bluffs

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Bell Springs, California

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