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Bell
Bell The town was founded in the 1890s, named after a beauty contest winner, Bell Fletcher, when her name was given to the first post office and the train depot, as part of the contest prize. Incorporated in the early 1900's, by 1903, a railway was built, passing through the town on its route between Starke and Wannee. A train depot was built around 1905, and would serve as the primary transportation for shipping timber, lime rock, farm products, and other commodities to market. The train was called "Peggy" and ran every day leaving Starke, Florida, early in the morning, passing through Brooker, La Crosse, Alachua, and Bell, on its route to Wannee at the Suwannee River. It would turn around and return to Starke the same day. The train depot was built around 1905, and W.C. Cooke was it's first telegraph agent in 1907. The restored historic depot now serves as the Bell Town Hall. The Bell school, which originated with one class room and one teacher for all grades. And the restored depot building is now the Town Hall.
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The population was 456 at the 2010 census, up from 349 in 2000. The population of the Town of Bell is 537 as of 2016.
Bell Depot, Willard C Cocke
William and Almira Cocke of Bell, he was the first telegraph agent in 1907.
William Catesby Cocke 1871-1937 (brother of Laura Belle Cocke and Joseph "Joe" Baird Cocke) M: 1907 Almira Catherine Bloom 1885-1935, d/o George Weise Bloom and Mahala Chryst.
1~Laura Pauline Cocke 1907-2002 M: Roland Montgomery Fugate 1904-1962
2~Ruth Lucille Josephine 1910-1980 M: Adolph Ferdinand Wilheim Wirth 1915-1978
3~Claude Bloom Cocke 1913-1915
4~Helen Mabel Cocke 1916-2003 M: Cecil Herbert Edward Johnston 1914-1999
5~Willard Henry Cocke B: 09/01/1919 D: 02/15/2018 M: Winifred Leontine Carlisle 1931-2001. He served with the United States Army Air Corps during WWII. He was employed as a furniture refinisher and furniture artisan with Perdue Furniture Co. for 17 years and Pierce-Wall Furniture Co for 20 years. His memberships include the Veterans of Foreign War, Lifetime Member of Arlington United Methodist Church, Arlington United Methodist Men, and the AUMC Friendship Class.
6~Joseph Baird Cocke 1921-2021 M: Mary Lynn Donnally
7~Robert Rugene Cocke 1927-2001 M: Lucille Laverne Hannah 1930-2016
Bell
Bell was incorporated in 1903 and the name was selected by means of a beauty contest in which the winner's name was to be given to the new station and post office. The one who received the most votes for Queen was Bell Fletcher, the daughter of Daniel E. Fletcher, a native of Florida and a successful farmer from Alachua County. Bell Fletcher later married G.W. Everett and lived in the community until her death in 1919.
In 1903, a railroad was built through Bell and would serve as the primary transportation for shipping timber, lime rock, farm products, and other commodities to market. The train was called "Peggy" and ran every day leaving Starke, Florida, early in the morning, passing through Brooker, La Crosse, Alachua, and Bell, on its route to Wannee at the Suwannee River. It would turn around and return to Starke the same day. The train depot was built around 1905, and William C. Cocke was it's first telegraph agent in 1907. The restored historic depot now serves as the Bell Town Hall.
Old house between Trenton and Bell
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PO BOX 1909
POST FALLS, ID 83877