Bellevue, Delaware
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|subdivision_name2 = New Castle
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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Bellevue is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Bellevue is located along U.S. Route 13, on the west bank of the Delaware River between Edgemoor and Claymont.{{Delaware road map|year=2008|access-date=July 21, 2016}}
History
Bellvue was originally settled in the 19th century as Gregsville.{{Cite book |last1=Heck |first1=L. W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUpSAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA14 |title=Delaware Place Names |last2=Wraight |first2=A. Joseph |last3=Orth |first3=Donald J. |last4=Survey (U.S.) |first4=Geological |last5=Carter |first5=J. R. |last6=Winkle |first6=L. G. Van |last7=Hazen |first7=Janet |date=1966 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}} It began as a quarry town.{{cite web |last = WIL |title = Delaware Spaces: Bellevue Hills home retains milk bottle drop box |publisher = DelawareOnLine |year = |url = https://eu.delawareonline.com/story/life/home-garden/1/01/01/delaware-spaces-bellevue-hills-home-retains-milk-bottle-drop-box/2869733/|accessdate = March 30, 2022}}
Bellevue's population was 500 in 1890,{{Cite book |last=Cram |first=George Franklin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPAwAQAAMAAJ&dq=cram%2527s+1885+atlas&pg=PA330 |title=Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States |date=1887 |publisher=G.F. Cram |pages=356 |language=en}} and was 488 in 1900.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AzrWecxN1wC |title=Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition |date=1902 |publisher=J. R. Gray & Company |page=84 |language=en}}
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in New Castle County, Delaware
Category:Unincorporated communities in Delaware
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