Bellevue, Delaware

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Bellevue, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Bellevue
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Bellevue
Coordinates: 39°46′15″N75°29′01″W / 39.77083°N 75.48361°W / 39.77083; -75.48361
Country United States
State Delaware
County New Castle
Elevation
16 ft (5 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 302
GNIS feature ID216028 [1]

Bellevue is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. [1] Bellevue is located along U.S. Route 13, on the west bank of the Delaware River between Edgemoor and Claymont. [2]

History

Bellvue was originally settled in the 19th century as Gregsville. [3] It began as a quarry town. [4] Bellevue's population was 500 in 1890, [5] and was 488 in 1900. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bellevue". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ Heck, L. W.; Wraight, A. Joseph; Orth, Donald J.; Survey (U.S.), Geological; Carter, J. R.; Winkle, L. G. Van; Hazen, Janet (1966). Delaware Place Names. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  4. ↑ WIL. "Delaware Spaces: Bellevue Hills home retains milk bottle drop box". DelawareOnLine. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ Cram, George Franklin (1887). 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. G.F. Cram. p. 356.
  6. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. p. 84.


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