Bellaire, Smith County, Kansas Explained

Bellaire is an unincorporated community in Smith County, Kansas, United States. It was named after Bellaire, Ohio.^[1]

History

A post office was opened in Bellaire in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1980.^[2]

According to a 1912 encyclopedia of Kansas, Bellaire was once a thriving town with a bank, post office, two churches and a reported population of 200.^[3]

Geography

Its elevation is 1,873 feet and its location is Latitude 39.7983453, Longitude -98.6761812.

External links

• Smith County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

39.7983°N -98.6761°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: #47 Bellaire, Smith County, Kansas - KHGI-TV/KWNB-TV/KHGI-CD-Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings . 2010-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229181500/http://www.nebraska.tv/Global/story.asp?S=6893496 . 2012-02-29 . dead .
2. Web site: Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 . Kansas Historical Society . 23 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131009133615/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ASM . October 9, 2013 .
3. Frank Wilson Blackmar, Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Standard Publishing, 1912, page 170