Belleville, Alabama

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Brownsville, Alabama}}

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Belleville, also known as Bellville or The Ponds, is an unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.

History

Belleville was originally known as The Ponds due to a large number of ponds in the area. It was then named Belleville in honor of John Bell, who initiated a project to drain the ponds.{{cite book |last=Foscue |first=Virginia |date=1989 |title=Place Names in Alabama |location=Tuscaloosa |publisher=The University of Alabama Press |page=16 |isbn=0-8173-0410-X }} The first settlers in Conecuh County settled in Belleville.{{cite web | url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1315 | title=Conecuh County | publisher=Alabama Humanities Foundation | access-date=6 March 2020}} Belleville was formerly home to multiple churches, five grist mills, three general stores, a barbershop, a lumber mill, and a hotel.{{cite web |url=https://ahc.alabama.gov/Alabama%20Register%20Properties/Conecuh%20County/AL.ConecuhCo.HawthorneHouseOCR.pdf |title=Belleview Quad |publisher=Alabama Historical Commission |format=PDF |access-date=6 March 2020}}

A post office operated under the name Belleville from 1828 to 1957.{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Conecuh | title=Conecuh County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=6 March 2020}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Conecuh County, Alabama

Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama