Bell Buckle is a town in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States.

Bell Buckle had its period of greatest prosperity after about 1870, becoming the major stockyard between Nashville and Chattanooga and growing to a population of more than 1,000.

[6] The town name was spelled Belle Buckle until the early 1900s, as that was the spelling by the post office and on cancellation devices (1896), by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway on its 1903 route map,[7] and on the sign on an undated photo of the train station.

It is not known exactly when the spelling was changed to Bell Buckle, but it was sometime before 1935 when Tennessee started issuing delayed birth certificates for residents who needed them to apply for Social Security.

A tank of General George S. Patton's Second Armored Division ran into the two-story town hall, bringing the building down.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Bell Buckle has a total area of 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the town was 84.8% White, 8.2% Asian, 3.2% Hispanic, 2.8% African American and 1% from two or more races.

Bell Buckle is noted for the many preserved and restored Victorian homes, shops, and churches located in and around downtown.