Bell County, Kentucky
A Brief History
by Tim Cornett, pub. Aug 2009, 160 pp, paperback  8.75" X 6"

The book explores the history of Bell County from the days of Daniel Boone and Thomas Walker up to modern day. Site of the Gateway to the West, the Cumberland Gap, the history of Kentucky begins right here in Bell County. Early pioneers like Thomas Walker and Daniel Boone endured the untamed wilderness and opened the door to the Bluegrass for civilizations to follow. Those who subsequently made their homes here have preserved this pioneering spirit

History & Families Bell County Kentucky;  Vol. 1
Turner Publishing Co.; Paducah, KY; Third printing 2001
397 pages   -  Indexed by surname  - Pictures
Each history is thoroughly researched, chronicling the heritage of the county through historic photos, family genealogy submitted by family members, business, church and organizational histories. Books are library quality, hardbound, 8 1\2" x 12" or 9" x 12" inch books printed on archival, acid-free paper.
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A Cumberland Gap Area Guidebook
 by Tom N. Shattuck

A Coalminer's Simple Message
The Cumberland Coal Field and its Creators
by Catherine Mayes

Images of America
by Tim Cornett
Pub: Arcadia Publishing 2002,  128 pages

Key Contents Introduction .... page 7
Settlements, Communities, Towns ......page 9
Schools, Churches, Business, Logging, Mining ....page 33
Disasters and Tragedies .......page 85
People  ...... page 99
 

Lincoln School and Its Community 1891 - 1965
by N. A. Crippens in association with other members of the Lincoln School History Committee

Pub: The Josten Company, Clarksville, Tennessee
175 pages

Mountain Mysteries: The Mystic  Traditions
of the Appalachians
 

by Larry Thacker
paper back  pub 2007

Taming of Yellow Creek
by Maria C. Brent

Sit Down and Shut Up
an Educator's Memoir
by Louise Crabtree

The Cumberland Coal Field and Its Creators
by J. C. Tipton

Life in Eastern Kentucky
A Pictorial History: 1940-1970

Pub: Piedmont Publishing, 2009    136 pages

1860 Harlan County Census
Transcribed by John Coulter

(Bell County was formed from a part of Harlan County)

1820 Bell County Census
Transcribed by
Size 8.5 x 11

The Magic City
by Ann Dudley Matheny

The History of Middlesborough, Kentucky Footnotes to the History of the Yellow Creek  Not available - out of print - 
pub 2003            452 p