Bell Station is an unincorporated community located along State Route 152 between Casa de Fruta and Pacheco Pass near the southeast extent of Santa Clara County, California.A Department of Transportation maintenance station used to exist in this area. A California Department of Forestry fire station is west of Bell Station along SR152.The ZIP code is 95020, and the community is in area codes 408 and 669.HistoryThe location was originally called Hollenbeck's Station, . It was renamed for Lafayette F. Bell, who had built a saloon at the entrance to a road over Pacheco Pass. Later, Bell bought the road over Pacheco Pass from Andrew Firebaugh and began charging a toll for passage. A Bell's Station Post Office was established by the U.S. Post Office Department, and was in use from 1873–1914.Some references say the locale was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach route. The stagecoach route to San Francisco from the American midwest was known to have stops every ten miles or so along its length. Hall of Fame baseball player Harry Hooper was born here in 1887.
