Bedford is an unincorporated community in eastern Livingston County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

The community is on Missouri Route J four miles northeast of Avalon. The Grand River flows past the north side of the community and the Fountain Grove Conservation Area is two miles east.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22

History Bedford was laid out in 1839. A post office called Bedford was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1931.

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