Bell Branch
Bell Branch was just west of Ferris Road 876 on Bell Branch Creek, ten
miles southwest of Waxahachie in southwestern Ellis County. Bell Branch
Lake was built as a water resevoir for the International-Great Northern Railroad
when it came through the community in 1903, but by the 1950s, the area
surrounding the lake was used as a private country club. In the 1930s
and 1940s, the community was in a cattle-raising area and had a population
of twenty and one business. In 1956, Bell Branch was still listed as
a community. Today there is a small community there and the Clay-Bell
Cemetery is to the left of the FM road. Much of the area is now in
a wild life game preserve, and there is another family cemetery located there
- the McCulloch Cemetery, sometiomes called the Old Williams Farm Cemetery.
References:
"BELL BRANCH, TX," The Handbook of Texas Online
Cemetery records
Personal Interviews with area residents
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