Bellevue, Kentucky Bellevue, Kentucky Location in Campbell County and the state of Kentucky.
Location in Campbell County and the state of Kentucky.
Bellevue is a home rule-class town/city in Campbell County, Kentucky, in the United States.
Before Bellevue was founded, the region was used for hunting, fishing, and warfare by Native Americans tribes such as the Illini, Miami, Shawnee, Cherokee, and Tuscarora. In 1745, a three-day battle occurred in Bellevue among the Shawnee, Miami, and Cherokee Indians, resulting in many deaths. The name Bellevue was taken from the General's family plantation in Virginia. Bellevue, or "belle vue," translates from French to mean "beautiful view." James Taylor Jr.
Today, his home stands in the East Row small-town Historic District in the adjoining City of Newport, Kentucky.
East Row is the second-largest small-town precinct in Kentucky, and the Taylor Mansion is the district's earliest home.
The town/city was formally incorporated by act of the state assembly in 1870. Although it contained only 381 inhabitants in 1870, by 1877, Bellevue was reported to be "growing fast". Throughout Bellevue's history, Fairfield Avenue has been the city's major company area.
In 1894, Bellevue town/city fathers, attempting to bring more pioneer to the city, presented a brochure describing the avenue's commercial character: "Fairfield Avenue, running east and west through the entire town, is the principal company thoroughfare, and company houses are kept well stocked with the latest and best of everything in all chapters of trade. At the turn of the 20th century, Bellevue, like Dayton, was known for its white sandy beaches. A resort called Queen City Beach opened in the summer of 1902 and extended from Washington Avenue to the Dayton town/city line. At its time it was considered one of the biggest inland bathing resorts in the country. A 150 foot veranda hosted lockers, rowboats, skiffs, and sailboats for rental. The number of visitors to the beach decreased due to sewage and industrialized dumping in the Ohio River.
The beaches vanished after a series of dams and locks raised the level of the Ohio River. In the 1920s Queen City Beach was retitled "Riviera Beach" and then "Horseshoe Gardens" in 1930. The resort stayed open as a dance club and rented boats, but a series of floods caused harsh damage. As of 2008 Bellevue Beach Park marks the locale of where the Queen City Beach resort once sat. Bellevue is becoming the bedroom improve of Northern Kentucky, while its neighboring metros/cities Covington and Newport are becoming the company and entertainment centers. Between 2005 and 2006, the average residentiary sale price increased by 89 percent, surpassing the market average of every other neighborhood in the Greater Cincinnati area. Bellevue is positioned in the extreme northern portion of Kentucky, directly athwart the Ohio River from the Mount Adams neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The town/city is bordered by Newport to the west, Dayton to the east, Fort Thomas to the south, and the Ohio River and Cincinnati to the north.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), virtually all land.
Bellevue is on a gentle slope that rises toward the Kentucky Highlands region south of the city. Topographically, Bellevue is higher in altitude than its neighboring cities. When the Ohio River would rise, homes in Dayton and Newport would flood while homes in Bellevue (with the exception of homes in adjacency to the riverbank) remained safe from rising water. For this reason, Bellevue is not protected by a levee, whereas Dayton and Newport are.
Sacred Heart Church, assembled in 1892, has long been one of Bellevue's tallest structures.
As of the census of 2010, there were 5,955 citizens , 2,644 homeholds, and 1,428 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.2% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $36,550, and the median income for a family was $46,800.
Schools in Bellevue belong to Bellevue Independent School District.
There are two schools in the district, Grandview Elementary and Bellevue High School. Bellevue is situated on the southern border of the Ohio River, directly opposite Cincinnati, thus uses Cincinnati's tv and radio outlets.
The Kentucky Enquirer, the Northern Kentucky version of The Cincinnati Enquirer List of metros/cities and suburbs along the Ohio River "Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform" (PDF).
Kentucky League of Cities.
Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788 1912, Volume 2.
City of Bellevue 2005, p.
City of Bellevue 2005, p.
"ONE PEACH OF A BEACH IN THE EARLY 1900 - S, THE BELLEVUE SHORE WAS THE PLACE TO GO.".
"Bellevue Independent Schools".
Bellevue Independent Schools.
"Bellevue Independent School District".
City of Bellevue (2005), Images of America: Bellevue, Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4168-0 Friends of Bellevue Kentucky Historical Images and Texts of Bellevue, Kentucky Municipalities and communities of Campbell County, Kentucky, United States Alexandria Bellevue California Cold Spring Crestview Dayton Fort Thomas Highland Heights Melbourne Mentor Newport Silver Grove Southgate Wilder Woodlawn
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