Bellefontaine, Ohio Bellefontaine, Ohio Logan County courthouse in Bellefontaine Logan County courthouse in Bellefontaine Official seal of Bellefontaine, Ohio Location of Bellefontaine, Ohio Location of Bellefontaine, Ohio Bellefontaine (/b l fa nt n/ bel-fown-tin) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The populace was estimated at 13,322 in 2011.
It is the center of the Bellefontaine Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Logan County, as defined by the United States Enumeration Bureau in 2003.
The highest point in Ohio, Campbell Hill, is inside the town/city limits of Bellefontaine.
4.2 Logan County Historical Society Blue Jacket and his band had previously occupied a village along the Scioto River, but the American Revolutionary War had reached the Ohio Country.
The expedition was led by Benjamin Logan, namesake of Logan County.
Bellefontaine was platted by European Americans in 1820 and incorporated by the council in 1835. In 1837, the Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad assembled the first barns to Bellefontaine.
Although barns ing hit difficult times and the trade went through radical revamping in the late 20th century, and the Big Four terminal ceased operations in 1983, Bellefontaine remains a landmark on America's stockyards s.
In 1891, Bellefontaine became the locale of the first concrete street in America.
A small section of Main Street, on the west side of the Logan County Courthouse, was the first to be paved using that process.
In 1979, Honda began manufacturing motorcycles in the close-by city of Marysville, Ohio.
Since that time, Honda's operations in the Bellefontaine region have greatly expanded.
Bellefontaine is a central locale among Honda operations in Marysville, East Liberty, Russells Point, Anna, and Troy, Ohio.
Route 68 intersects with State Routes 47 and 540 in Bellefontaine.
Route 33 on the north side of the city, near Campbell Hill.
According to the 2010 census, the town/city has a total region of 10.04 square miles (26.0 km2), all land. The town/city of Bellefontaine is at the convergence of the humid subtropical (Koppen Cfa) and humid continental (Koppen Dfa) climate zones as stated to the Koppen climate map.
The town/city is too far south to experience lake effect snow from the Great Lakes region, however it does experience more snow than encircling areas due to the city's elevation.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.82% White, 5.13% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.93% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.53% from other competitions, and 2.40% from two or more competitions.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.1% White, 4.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.5% from other competitions, and 3.7% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,415 homeholds of which 35.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% were married couples living together, 15.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 36.8% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 34.8 years.
Bellefontaine is the center of the Bellefontaine Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the U.S.
This micropolis consists solely of Logan County, Ohio.
The 2000 census found 46,005 citizens in the micropolis, making it the 260th most crowded such region in the United States.
Statistical areas (CBSAs), the Bellefontaine micropolis rates 622nd.
In Ohio, the Bellefontaine micropolis is the 37th most crowded CBSA, and the 21st most crowded micropolitan statistical area.
By comparison, the least crowded urbane region in the United States, Carson City, Nevada, has 52,457 residents.
The least crowded urbane region in Ohio is Sandusky, with 79,555 residents.
The Bellefontaine micropolis is not as crowded as these, but does have a greater populace than some micropolitan statistical areas traditionally considered to be small county-wide cities.
Although official definitions of micropolitan statistical areas did not exist until 2003, the region now constituting the Bellefontaine micropolis interval in populace by 8.7 percent between 1990 and 2000.
The sign at the street's south end (at the intersection of Columbus Ave.) makes such a claim, although Ebenezer Place, in Wick, Scotland, has held the official record since November 2006. The City of Bellefontaine's website places the length of Mc - Kinley Street at "about 20 feet", and while the city's website does not make the claim of the world's shortest street, it does cite Mc - Kinley Street as "the shortest street in America".
Court Avenue - A small street in downtown, positioned adjoining to the Logan County Courthouse.
In recent years, it has been reopened for live affairs and performances serving Bellefontaine and the encircling area.
Logan County Historical Society The Logan County Historical Society and exhibition was first homed in the Mc - Beth School, assembled in 1919 as the last of the four elementary schools to be assembled in Bellefontaine at the turn of the century.
In 1971 Mc - Beth School was purchased by the Logan County Historical Society for use as the Logan County Historical Museum.
Day-to-day operations in the exhibition and The Logan County Historical Society are supported by a Logan County tax levy and donations received from visitors to the exhibition.
Bellefontaine has an propel mayor and town/city council style of government.
Bellefontaine City Council Members serve 4 year terms.
The Bellefontaine City Schools operate one elementary school,one intermediate school, one middle school, and one high school in the area. These schools have a combined enrollment of 2,840.
In addition, the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center, positioned up on Campbell Hill, offers both secondary and post-secondary education.
The neighboring Benjamin Logan Local School District ground also has a Bellefontaine address.
Several universities and universities operate satellite campuses in the Bellefontaine area.
The Bellefontaine Regional Airport is positioned about 5 miles from the downtown company district.
The airport replaced the Bellefontaine Municipal Airport in 2002 and is one of 2 new airports opened to the enhance in Ohio in the past 30 years. Historical marker in downtown Bellefontaine marking the site of Blue Jacket's Town His troop has been in the barns core Bellefontaine before.
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City of Bellefontaine https://ci.bellefontaine.oh.us/safety-service-director.html.
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Logan County Board of Elections (PDF) https://electionsonthe.net/oh/logan/electoff/city.pdf.
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