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Belle Plaine, KS - History
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Welcome to the Belle Plaine Home page. The Belle Plaine Home page provides as much information as possible on Belle Plaine. Knowing Belle Plaine’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Belle Plaine’s Home page, you will also find Belle Plaine’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Belle Plaine has a population of 1473. 47.3% of Belle Plaine’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.7 are female. 56.7% of Belle Plaine is married and 63.3% own their own home. The Average Home price is $77,506, and the average rent is $806. Household median income in Belle Plaine is $58,977, and the individual median income is $29,960. Belle Plaine’s Ethnic is the following: White(95.5%), Hispanic(1.6%), Asian(1.5%), Native(1.1%), Multiple(1%), Other(0.9%), Black(0.1%).
Belle Plaine was founded in 1871. Belle Plaine is a French name meaning "beautiful plain". In 1883, Belle Plaine was a station and shipping point for the Southern Central & Fort Scott Railway. By 1910, it was at the junction of two railroads, the Missouri Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
The first post office in Belle Plaine was established in April 1871. In the fall of 1871 and spring of 1872, Miss Olive North taught a subscription school; and, in 1873, school district (No. 2) was established.
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