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Bellefonte, AR - History
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Welcome to the Bellefonte Home page. The Bellefonte Home page provides as much information as possible on Bellefonte. Knowing Bellefonte’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Bellefonte’s Home page, you will also find Bellefonte’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Bellefonte has a population of 463. 43.2% of Bellefonte’s inhabitants are Male, and 56.8 are female. 52.4% of Bellefonte is married and 58% own their own home. The Average Home price is $116,055, and the average rent is $600. Household median income in Bellefonte is $39,375, and the individual median income is $25,197. Bellefonte’s Ethnic is the following: White(92%), Multiple(3.9%), Hispanic(2.6%), Native(1.7%), Other(1.3%), Asian(1.1%).
The area known as Bellefonte was originally settled by a few families. The community expanded when two stores were established. The community got its name as campers noted the beautiful springs. It was suggested the area be called "Bellefonte", French for "beautiful fountains." As there were no church organizations in the settlement, services were originally held in private homes.
Circuit riders generally provided the services. Bellefonte grew rapidly by the second half of the 1860s. A post office was established. By the early 1870s, what was referred to as "North Arkansas College" (not to be confused with the modern community college by the same name in Harrison, Arkansas) was founded and students from all over the state attended.
In modern times, this would be considered a high school. A grade school was also established in Bellefonte around the same time. Bellefonte continued to grow, becoming a large town. A number of businesses developed and a town square was built. (By 1939, the town square was gone.) Businesses included doctors' offices, drugstores, a livery stable, various general stores, a leather factory, saloons, a cotton gin and a flour mill. When Boone County was formed, Bellefonte was the largest town, larger than relatively new Harrison.
Bellefonte expected it should have the county seat. After arguing and a vote, Harrison ultimately won. Bellefonte became an incorporated town in 1882. In that year it was also damaged by a significant fire due to buildings being close together. In the same year, the North Arkansas College building burned.
Bellefonte stopped being an incorporated town after this great fire, not re-incorporating until 1963.By 1898 things had gotten better. Around 1901, the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad ran through Bellefonte. This temporarily brought in business. There were various fires in 1912, which stifled Bellefonte until 1929 when things began to pick up a bit. The Depression was directly felt in Bellefonte from 1930 to 1933.
It took until 1935 for signs of relief.
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