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Unincorporated community in California, United States

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; -123.58528
Country	United States
State	California
County	Mendocino County
Elevation	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, at an elevation of 3622 feet (1104 m). A post office operated at Bell Springs from 1920 to 1961. The place was named in 1861 by Jim Graham for the cowbells he found at the site. 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.

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^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bell Springs, California
^ 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.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Mendocino County, California, United States
County seat: Ukiah
Cities	Fort Bragg Point Arena Ukiah Willits	Mendocino County map
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	Andersonia Bell Springs Branscomb Burbeck Cummings Dos Rios Duncan Springs Elk Flumeville Gualala Hardy Hearst Inglenook Irmulco Kibesillah Longvale Nashmead Navarro Newport Northspur Noyo Old Hopland Orrs Springs Piercy Pieta Pine Grove Pomo Shake City Soda Springs (Boonville) Soda Springs (Burbeck) South Leggett Spyrock Ukiah Rancheria Vichy Springs Westport Whiskey Springs Whitesboro Yorkville
Indian reservations	Coyote Valley Reservation Guidiville Rancheria Hopland Rancheria Iverson Indian Rancheria Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria Nacomis Indian Rancheria Pinoleville Rancheria Potter Valley Rancheria Sherwood Valley Rancheria Redwood Valley Rancheria Round Valley Indian Reservation‡
Former settlements	Bokea Buldam Cahto Chomchadila Christine Dapishul Fish Rock Glenblair Lema Masut Mendocino Indian Reservation Moiya Poonkiny Rockport Shiegho Signal Port Ubakhea Wheeler
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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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 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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