Texas · Census place 4807420
Bells, Texas
Bells is a town in Grayson County, Texas with an estimated 1,520 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 686th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,520
- #686 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -0.1%
- -1 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Density
- 717 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Bells population, 2020 to 2024
Bells lost 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Bells covers 2.12 square miles of land, for 717 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Bells is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bells is in
All of Bells's residents live in Grayson County, which had 150,532 residents in 2024. Bells holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bells
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bells by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 75414. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Bells is
The Census internal point of Bells is at 33.616500, -96.412700. Austin, the capital, is 243.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Whitewright, TX (1,761 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is McKinney, TX, 32.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.616500, -96.412700
- DMS
- 33°36'59.40"N 96°24'45.72"W
- UTM
- 14N 740031.7E 3722637.2N
- Geohash
- 9vgrnpdqm
- Plus code
- 8655JH8P+JW
Daylight in Bells
At 33.62° N, Bells gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bells
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Whitewright, 7.3 miles away, with 1,761 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bells, TX?
1,520 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1 (0.1%) from 1,521 in July 2020.
What county is Bells in?
Grayson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bells?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75414.
How far is Bells from Austin?
243.7 miles (392.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Bells.
What is the nearest larger city to Bells?
Whitewright, TX, with 1,761 residents, 7.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.