WayfarrowBell Road
Ghost town · Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Bell Road is a ghost town in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It is the only former community in Philadelphia County recorded on the federal names register, out of 102 across Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bell Road as a historical populated place on the Philadelphia topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.9068° N, 75.2338° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Philadelphia |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 5 ft |
| Nearest living town | Colwyn, PA |
| Distance to it | 1.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1197577 |
| Coordinates | 39.90678, -75.23379 |
What's there now
Bell Road is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Colwyn, PA (population 2,683), about 1.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Tinicum Island Rear Range Lightlighthouse · Gloucester County · 4.1 mi
- Tinicum Island Range Front Lightlighthouse · Gloucester County · 4.2 mi
- Schuylkill Permanent Bridgecovered bridge · Philadelphia County · 4.3 mi
- Turtle Rock Lightlighthouse · Philadelphia County · 5 mi
- Corezeghost town · Delaware County · 7.6 mi
- Coopertownghost town · Delaware County · 7.9 mi
- Thomas Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Philadelphia County · 11.4 mi
- Bartram's Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Chester County · 12.2 mi
- Darlingghost town · Delaware County · 12.5 mi
- Scarborough Bridgecovered bridge · Camden County · 12.8 mi
- Marcus Hook Range Front Lightlighthouse · New Castle County · 15.7 mi
- Marcus Hook Range Front Lightlighthouse · New Castle County · 15.7 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.