What is Bellvale, California?
'''Bellvale''' is a settlement in [[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo County]], [[California]], located at {{Coord|37|18|43|N|122|19|12|W|type:city_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}. The small community is on [[:en:California State Route 84|Highway 84]] (La Honda Road) between [[:en:San Gregorio, California|San Gregorio]] and [[:en:La Honda, California|La Honda]]. Bellvale is 240 feet above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lat-long.com/ShowDetail-6309-California-Bellvale.html |title=Bellvale, California: Bellvale, California Latitude and Longitude<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2014-12-17 |archive-date=2014-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914030845/http://lat-long.com/ShowDetail-6309-California-Bellvale.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bellvale once had a post office, the community is now only sparsely settled with homes and farms.<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.31194,-122.32&spn=0.1,0.1&t=k&q=37.31194,-122.32 Google Maps<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Bellvale post office, located 2.25 miles west of La Honda, opened in 1897 and was discontinued in 1922.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yfa0hmE7yocC&dq=bellvale+california+history&pg=PA601 | title=California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic & Modern Names of the State | isbn=9781884995149 | last1=Durham | first1=David L. | date=November 1998 }}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{Cities of San Mateo County, California}} [[Category:Unincorporated communities in California]] [[Category:Settlements in San Mateo County, California]] {{US-geo-stub}}