Editing Belpre, Kansas (section)

==History==
Belpre was founded in 1879<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n290 183]}}</ref> and was incorporated in 1906.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n168 172]}}</ref> Belpre is derived from the French word "belle prairie" for "beautiful meadow".<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, Or a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | year=1833 | accessdate=12 December 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ/page/n75 91]}}</ref>

The first post office in Belpre was established in 1879.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:1/county:ED/sort:County.county_name/direction:asc |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=8 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009175457/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page%3A1/county%3AED/sort%3ACounty.county_name/direction%3Aasc |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>