Belpre (Ohio)
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 Three Ohio bridges from Belpre (left) to Parkersburg , West Virginia (right) |
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| Foundation : | 1789 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Washington County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 17 ′ N , 81 ° 35 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 6,660 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 731.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 9.2 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 9.1 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 187 m | ||
| Postal code : | 45714 | ||
| Area code : | +1 740 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-05424 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1077518 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofbelpre.com | ||
Belpre is a city on the Ohio River in Washington County in the US state of Ohio , about 160 km southeast of Columbus . Belpre has almost 6,700 inhabitants. (As of the 2000 census .)
Belpre is home to a number of listed buildings from the time of the white colonization of Ohio that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), including the home of city founder Jonathan Stone, built in 1799.
history
Belpre (from French: "Belle Prairie", beautiful prairie) was founded in 1789 by a group of 40 settlers - 13 of them veterans of the American Revolutionary War - under the leadership of Captain Jonathan Stone, who had come here from Marietta to pursue the Examine land they bought from the government. Belpre was the second permanent settlement in what was then the northwestern territory after Marietta, which was founded in 1788 .
economy
Thanks to its convenient location in the Ohio River valley, Belpre developed quickly. In the 20th century, agriculture with large-scale cultivation became the most important branch of the economy. In the 1950s and 1960s there was a settlement of the chemical industry and the importance of agriculture declined.
Personalities
- Larry Dalton (* 1943), professor of chemistry, especially polymers for nonlinear optics .
Individual evidence
- ^ OHIO - Washington County on the National Register of Historic Places. House of Captain Jonathan Stone, 612 Blennerhassett Avenue, Belpre. (Added to the NRHP list in 1978, # 78002209)
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (Editor): The Ohio Guide . Oxford University Press, New York 1940, p. 441. (Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio, sponsored by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.)