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Belleville, Indiana

Coordinates: 39°40′24″N 86°29′06″W / 39.67333°N 86.48500°W / 39.67333; -86.48500
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Belleville, Indiana
This is downtown Belleville, looking west, one of few towns along the National Road west of Indianapolis.
This is downtown Belleville, looking west, one of few towns along the National Road west of Indianapolis.
Belleville is located in Indiana
Belleville
Belleville
Belleville is located in the United States
Belleville
Belleville
Coordinates: 39°40′24″N 86°29′06″W / 39.67333°N 86.48500°W / 39.67333; -86.48500
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHendricks
TownshipLiberty
Elevation879 ft (268 m)
ZIP code
46118
Area code317
GNIS feature ID2830406[1]

Belleville is an unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Hendricks County, Indiana.

History

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Belleville was laid out in 1829.[2] The community experienced growth soon after by the building of the National Road through it, but declined in the 1850s when the new railroad missed it by more than a mile.[3]

Geography

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Belleville is located between Plainfield and Stilesville at the junction of US 40 and SR 39.

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belleville, Indiana
  2. ^ History of Hendricks County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns. Inter-State Publishing Company. 1885. pp. 635.
  3. ^ Hadley, John Vestal (1914). History of Hendricks County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp. 86.