Belleville is a

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(CDP) in the town of Ellisburg, Jefferson County,

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, United States. The population was 226 at the 2010 census. It was an incorporated

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from 1860 to 1930.''History of Ellisburgh, NY'' - Belleville by Edgar C. Emerson, The Boston History Company, 1898
Retrieved Jun. 13, 2015.

Geography

Belleville is in southern Jefferson County, in the northern part of the town of Ellisburg. The community sits on both sides of Sandy Creek, a southwesterly-flowing direct tributary of

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. The main crossroads in the hamlet is on the north side of the creek. New York State Route 289 leads south to the village of Ellisburg and northeast (upstream) to New York State Route 178. County Route 75 runs north and southwest from the Belleville crossroads. According to the

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, the Belleville CDP has an area of , all land.

Demographics

Education

The school district is the Belleville Henderson Central School District.
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