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- As the handiwork of our State Assemblyman, Thaddeus Bell, the new town’s charter was routinely drawn up by the Assembly’s clerk to include the name “Bellville.” Assemblyman Bell demurred, and without explanation, entered the name as “Darien.”
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“Why,” it begins, “did Thaddeus Bell choose ‘Darien’ as the name for our newly-chartered town?” ‘Darien’ was an old name for Panama, and this town joined Stamford and Norwalk just as Panama—Darien– joined North and South America.
Nov 12, 2009 · Ken Reiss, a long-time volunteer and board member at the Darien Historical Society and former historian, said he believes that Bell likely chose the name "Darien" after hearing it in a then-new John Keats poem, titled "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer." The sonnet ends, "silent, upon a peak in Darien."
Nov 28, 2023 · The city’s name, Bellville, originates from Charles Davidson Bell, the surveyor-general of the Cape Colony in the 19th century. Bell played a pivotal role in the planning and development of the area, and his name became synonymous with the burgeoning town.
Most of Panama was part of Colombia until it declared its independence in 1903, with encouragement and support from the United States. The geography of Darién, through which no troops could pass, made its Departamento of Panamá harder to defend and control.
Since it is situated 20 km from the city of Cape Town, Bellville was originally called 12 Mile Stone. It was originally founded as a railway station on the line from Cape Town to Stellenbosch and strand. Bellville was rename in 1861 after the surveyor general Charles Bell.
Bellville is a town and former independent city that is now incorporated into the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The town is an industrial and commercial node, a university town, and a major transportation hub within the Greater Cape Town metropolitan area.
