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History
in a Pecan Shell
Settlement began in the 1870s but things didn't moving until 1882, when the
Fort Worth and Denver City Railway made Bellevue a shipping point on its line.
That same year a post office was applied for and for some unknown reason the railroad's
surveyor named the town after the famed hospital in NYC.
By 1902 the
population was 300 and the townspeople incorporated. In April of 1906 the town
suffered a destructive tornado - leaving fourteen dead and only a handful of buildings
standing. The town rebuilt and by the mid 1920s the town had over 700 people.
With the arrival of The Great Depression the population declined to 546 by 1936
and although oil was discovered nearby, there was no boom. Even into the 1960s
the town never reclaimed its initial momentum - remaining at just 289 into the
late 1960s. In recent years the town has inched toward a population of 400 - reaching
386 for the 2000 Census. A
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