Editing Bellevue, Ohio

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name          = Bellevue, Ohio
| settlement_type        = [[City]]
| nickname               = 
| motto                  = "Enjoy the 'Vue!"

| image_skyline          = Bellevue Ohio.JPG
| imagesize              = 250px
| image_caption          = East Main Street, downtown
| image_flag             = 
| image_seal             = 
| image_map              = Map of Huron County Ohio Highlighting Bellevue City.png
| mapsize                = 250px
| map_caption            = Location of Bellevue in Huron County
| pushpin_map            = Ohio#USA
| pushpin_relief         = yes
| pushpin_label          = Bellevue

| subdivision_type       = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name       = United States
| subdivision_type1      = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Ohio]]
| subdivision_type2      = [[List of counties in Ohio|Counties]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[Seneca County, Ohio|Seneca]], [[Erie County, Ohio|Erie]], [[Huron County, Ohio|Huron]], [[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]]

| government_footnotes   = 
| government_type        = 
| leader_title           = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name            = Kevin Strecker{{cn|date=March 2024}}
| leader_title1          = 
| leader_name1           = 
| established_title      = 
| established_date       = 
| unit_pref              = Imperial
| area_footnotes         = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude         = 
| area_land_km2          = 15.87
| area_water_km2         = 0.31
| area_total_km2         = 16.18
| area_total_sq_mi       = 6.25
| area_land_sq_mi        = 6.13
| area_water_sq_mi       = 0.12

| population_as_of       = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_est         = 8164
| pop_est_as_of          = 2023
| pop_est_footnotes      = <ref name="2023 est">{{cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Ohio: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-POP-39.xlsx |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=24 May 2024}}</ref>
| population_footnotes   = 
| population_total       = 8249
| population_density_km2 = 519.83
| population_density_sq_mi = 1346.34

| timezone               = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset             = -5
| timezone_DST           = EDT
| utc_offset_DST         = -4
| elevation_footnotes    = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft           = 751
| coordinates            = {{coord|41|16|53|N|82|51|32|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type       = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code            = 44811
| area_codes             = [[Area code 419|419, 567]]
| blank_name             = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info             = 39-05228<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name            = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info            = 1086341<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1086341}}</ref>
| website                = {{URL|thenewcityofbellevue.com}}
| footnotes              = 
}}

'''Bellevue''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɛ|l|v|j|uː}} {{respell|BEL|vew}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scrippsjschool.org/pronunciation/|title=A Pronunciation Guide to places in Ohio -- E.W.Scripps School of|website=scrippsjschool.org|access-date=24 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424140047/http://scrippsjschool.org/pronunciation/|archive-date=24 April 2018}}</ref> is a city in [[Erie County, Ohio|Erie]], [[Huron County, Ohio|Huron]], [[Seneca County, Ohio|Seneca]], and [[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]] counties<ref name="counties">{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofbellevue.com/vote_info.htm|title=Voter Registration Information|access-date=2013-12-27|publisher=City of Bellevue|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227114951/http://www.cityofbellevue.com/vote_info.htm|archive-date=2013-12-27}}</ref> in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Ohio]], located 61 miles southwest of [[Cleveland]] and 45 miles southeast of [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]]. The population was 8,249 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]]. The [[National Arbor Day Foundation]] has designated Bellevue as a [[Tree City USA]].

The Sandusky County portion of Bellevue is part of the [[Fremont, Ohio|Fremont]] [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]], while the Huron County portion is part of the [[Norwalk, Ohio|Norwalk]] Micropolitan Statistical Area. The small portion of the city that extends into Erie county is part of the [[Sandusky metropolitan area|Sandusky Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
The city derives its name from James H. Bell, a railroad official.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=27|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=11}}</ref>

Bellevue was the home of [[Henry Morrison Flagler]] when he partnered up with [[John D. Rockefeller]] to start [[Standard Oil]]. Flagler later went on to build the [[Florida Overseas Railroad]], to [[Key West, Florida]]. The property of his former Bellevue residence on Southwest Street is the current location of the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum.

===National Register of Historic Places===
Bellevue and the surrounding countryside are home to three sites listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: the [[Heter Farm]], the [[John Wright Mansion]], and the [[Tremont House (Bellevue, Ohio)|Tremont House]].<ref>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of {{convert|6.25|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|6.14|sqmi}} (or 98.24%) is land and {{convert|0.12|sqmi}} (or 1.92%) is water.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/2010_place_list_39.txt 
 |title=2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files for Places – Ohio 
 |publisher=United States Census 
 |access-date=2012-10-19 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095532/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/2010_place_list_39.txt
 |archive-date=2012-12-05
}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 785
|1870= 1219
|1880= 2169
|1890= 3052
|1900= 4101
|1910= 5209
|1920= 5776
|1930= 6256
|1940= 6127
|1950= 7406
|1960= 8800
|1970= 10423
|1980= 9806
|1990= 9085
|2000= 8193
|2010= 8202
|2020= 8249
|estyear=2023
|estimate=8164
|estref=<ref name="2023 est"/>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR2" /><ref name=Census1870>{{cite web|title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870a-08.pdf|work=Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Ninth Census|date=1870|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=24 April 2020 }}</ref><ref name=Census1880>{{cite web|title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-11.pdf|date=1880|work=Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629232513/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-11.pdf|archive-date=29 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=Census1910>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/36894832v3ch3.pdf|work=1910 U.S. Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110032100/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/36894832v3ch3.pdf|archive-date=10 November 2013}}</ref><ref name=Census1930>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch08.pdf|work=1930 US Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609134342/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch08.pdf|archive-date=9 June 2011}}</ref><ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Ohio|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/37749282v1p37_ch02.pdf|date=1960|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109091241/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|archive-date=9 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bellevuecityohio,US/POP010220|title=Bellevue city, Ohio|website=census.gov|accessdate=June 28, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 8,202 people, 3,296 households, and 2,148 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1335.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 3,662 housing units at an average density of {{convert|596.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.0% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.2% of the population.

There were 3,296 households, of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.8% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.01.

The median age in the city was 36.5 years. 26% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.6% were from 25 to 44; 24.3% were from 45 to 64; and 14.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.9% male and 52.1% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 8,193 people, 3,332 households, and 2,242 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,619.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,559 housing units at an average density of {{convert|703.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.77% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.27% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.15% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.27% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.82% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.73% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.56% of the population.

There were 3,332 households, out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $88,100, and the median income for a family was $98,173. Males had a median income of $76,601 versus $44,189 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $58,932. About 1.3% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 1% of those age 65 or over.

==Infrastructure==
===Roads===
Bellevue is located on [[U.S. Route 20]], which forms East and West Main Street. State Routes [[Ohio State Route 18|18]], [[Ohio State Route 269|269]], and [[Ohio State Route 113|113]] also run through the city.
There is no public transportation, such as passenger buses or taxis. Bellevue is also served by the [[Ohio Turnpike]] via U.S. Route 20 and State Route [[Ohio State Route 4|4]].

===Railroad===
[[File:Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum 2023b.jpg|thumb|The Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in 2023]]
During the first half of the 20th century, Bellevue was a busy railroad hub of the [[Nickel Plate Road]], and it remains today as a hub for the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]], which operates a massive railroad yard in Bellevue. From Bellevue, Norfolk Southern Lines extend northeast to [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], north to [[Sandusky, Ohio|Sandusky]], northwest to [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], west to [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]] and south to [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. Also, the [[Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1990)|Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway]] operates a line from Bellevue that extends east to [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]].

==Media==
Bellevue and the surrounding area was served by a [[daily newspaper]], ''[[The Bellevue Gazette]]''.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} The Gazette closed in June 2016, and is no longer in operation.

==Notable people==
[[File:Bellevue OH 2023e.jpg|thumb|Former Harkness Memorial United Church of Christ Congregational in 2023]]
* [[Henry Flagler]], Standard Oil tycoon, developer of Eastern Florida and  "Father of Miami"
* [[Mildred Gillars]] (A.K.A. Axis Sally), radio personality during [[World War II]]
* [[Arthur F. Gorham]], Commander of the 1st Battalion, [[505th Parachute Infantry Regiment]] during [[World War II]]
* [[John Greenslade]], [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]] and Commander of the Pacific-Southern Naval Coastal Frontier during [[World War II]]
* [[Daniel M. Harkness]], half brother of Henry Flagler and his son [[William L. Harkness]], investors in Standard Oil
* [[Stephen V. Harkness]], invested as a silent partner in the founding of Standard Oil.
* [[Benny LaPresta]], NFL professional football player
* [[Amos Northup]], automotive designer
* [[Christi Paul]], CNN reporter and anchor
* [[Bradbury Robinson]], threw the first [[forward pass]] in [[American football]] history
* [[Brad Snyder (baseball)|Brad Snyder]], outfielder for [[Chicago Cubs]].
* [[Howard L. Vickery]], Rear Admiral, Vice Chairman U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Camp, Mark J.  "Railroad Depots of Northwest Ohio."  Chicago, Arcadia Publishing, 2005. {{ISBN|978-0-7385-3401-5}}.
* Drown, William.  "Bellevue and Historic Lyme Village (OH)." Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2002. {{ISBN|978-0-7385-2023-0}}.
* Oddo, William.  "Bellevue, a Pictorial History: A Historic Reflection of an Ohio Community."  Genealogy Publishing Services, 2005. {{ISBN|978-1-881851-21-9}}.

==External links==
{{commons category|Bellevue, Ohio}}
* [https://thenewcityofbellevue.com/ City of Bellevue]
* [http://www.bellevuechamberofcommerce.org/ Bellevue Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.bellevueschools.org/ Bellevue City Schools]
* [http://www.bellevue.lib.oh.us/ Bellevue Public Library]

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