Bellevue, Delaware
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Bellevue is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in New Castle County,
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, United States. Bellevue is located along U.S. Route 13, on the west bank of the
Delaware River The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for a ...
between Edgemoor and Claymont.


History

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


References

Unincorporated communities in New Castle County, Delaware Unincorporated communities in Delaware {{Delaware-geo-stub