The town was bounded to the east by the steel mill, to the west by Prairie and Western avenues (now Pueblo Boulevard), south by Aqua Avenue and what's now called Lake Minnequa, and north by South Pueblo and River Road.

[8] Pueblo City planner Wade Broadhead has stated what people call "Greater Bessemer" and what was studied by the Bessemer Neighborhood Context Survey is roughly bounded by South Pueblo to the north (What is now the neighborhood of Mesa Junction),[9] Russ Avenue and the steel mill to the east, Reno Avenue in the south and Berkley Avenue to the west.

[1] The Bessemer Historic Study states Bessemer refers to the area roughly bounded by Washington Street to the north, Berkley Avenue to the west, Interstate 25 to the east, and Streator Avenue in the south.

It notes that Lake Minnequa and the area surrounding the former Edison School and Eilers Smelter site are included.

[11] Bessemer is almost completely flat with the exception of a slight gain in elevation towards the southern section of the neighborhood.

The 1886 Pueblo City Directory lists 188 identified residents in Bessemer that year.

The second city hall was built in 1890 at 1207 East Evans Avenue, but it was demolished by the Works Progress Administration between 1939–1940.