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'''Bellview''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Cherokee County, North Carolina|Cherokee County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]].<ref name="GNIS">{{GNIS|1019080|name=Bellview}}</ref> |
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'''Bellview''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Cherokee County, North Carolina|Cherokee County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]].<ref name="GNIS">{{GNIS|1019080|name=Bellview}}</ref> It is part of Notla Township,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://northcarolina.hometownlocator.com/counties/subdivisions/data,n,township%20of%20notla,id,3703992336,cfips,039.cfm|title=Township Of Notla NC Demographic Data and Boundary Map|website=northcarolina.hometownlocator.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref> and is located immediately north of the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] border, about 10 miles south of [[Murphy, North Carolina|Murphy, NC]]. Its average elevation is 1800 feet (549 m) above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://roadsidethoughts.com/nc/bellview-xx-cherokee-profile.htm|title=Bellview (Cherokee County, North Carolina): Community Profile|website=roadsidethoughts.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 19]] is the main highway through Bellview. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Bellview was founded as "Bell View" and was at one time a prosperous community.<ref name="GNIS" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Foster |first=Sarah |date=December 2023 |title=Bellview: Shaped by academic history |work=Celebrating Our Communities of Cherokee County: Volume 1 |publisher=[[Cherokee Scout]] |pages=22-25}}</ref> Timber, pulp wood harvesting, and farming were the largest industries.<ref name=":0" /> |
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A schoolhouse, Bellview Academy, was established at Bellview in the 1870s.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703220903/https://www.cherokeecountychamber.com/community-backstory/ | title=Community Backstory | publisher=Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce | accessdate=3 July 2019}}</ref> A variant name is "Bell View".<ref name=GNIS /> |
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Bell View Academy was established in 1878.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cherokeecountychamber.com/community-backstory/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703220903/https://www.cherokeecountychamber.com/community-backstory/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 July 2019 | title=Community Backstory | publisher=Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce | accessdate=3 July 2019}}</ref> Baseball player [[Ty Cobb]]'s grandfather, John Marshall Cobb, owned an 1861 farm house on Cobb Creek and was an early teacher at the academy. Ty Cobb visited his aunt in Bellview during the summers and played baseball in Murphy. The private part of the school closed shortly after it moved to Murphy in 1906.<ref name=":0" /> Public schooling continued at Bell View Academy until 1929 when it was consolidated with Brasstown and Martin's Creek schools.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Spencer |first=Nora Cobb |date=1953-01-15 |title=Happytop Free School Was Forerunner Of Modern Education |url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn83004710/1953-01-15/ed-1/seq-12/#words=Bellview |access-date=2024-05-02 |work=[[Cherokee Scout]] |location=Murphy, NC |page=12}}</ref> The Bell View Academy schoolhouse was later destroyed by fire.<ref name=":0" /> |
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[[U.S. Route 129|US 129]] from [[Blairsville, Georgia]], to Murphy was completed through Bellview in 1934.<ref name=":0" /> In 2024, the N.C. Department of Transportation commenced work on a $55 million project to widen and straighten the highway.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=David |date=2024-04-23 |title=Watching past lives disappear |url=https://www.cherokeescout.com/opinion-newsletter/watching-past-lives-disappear |access-date=2024-05-02 |work=[[Cherokee Scout]] |publisher=[[Community Newspapers Inc.]] |location=Murphy, NC}}</ref> The community gained electricity in the early 1940s.<ref name=":0" /> |
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The Bellview Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1981. In 2024, the department moved from a three-bay station on Blairsville Highway to a newly-built five-bay station across from the Bellview Community Center.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Quinones-Belian |first=Anngee |date=2024-03-13 |title=Firefighters have new place to call home |url=https://www.cherokeescout.com/local/firefighters-have-new-place-call-home |work=[[Cherokee Scout]] |publisher=[[Community Newspapers Inc.]] |location=Murphy, NC |page=8A}}</ref> |
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== Education == |
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Students in Bellview attend Martins Creek Elementary School and Martins Creek Middle School. |
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Latest revision as of 15:55, 2 May 2024
Bellview is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina.[1] It is part of Notla Township,[2] and is located immediately north of the Georgia border, about 10 miles south of Murphy, NC. Its average elevation is 1800 feet (549 m) above sea level.[3] U.S. Route 19 is the main highway through Bellview.
History
[edit]Bellview was founded as "Bell View" and was at one time a prosperous community.[1][4] Timber, pulp wood harvesting, and farming were the largest industries.[4]
Bell View Academy was established in 1878.[4][5] Baseball player Ty Cobb's grandfather, John Marshall Cobb, owned an 1861 farm house on Cobb Creek and was an early teacher at the academy. Ty Cobb visited his aunt in Bellview during the summers and played baseball in Murphy. The private part of the school closed shortly after it moved to Murphy in 1906.[4] Public schooling continued at Bell View Academy until 1929 when it was consolidated with Brasstown and Martin's Creek schools.[6] The Bell View Academy schoolhouse was later destroyed by fire.[4]
US 129 from Blairsville, Georgia, to Murphy was completed through Bellview in 1934.[4] In 2024, the N.C. Department of Transportation commenced work on a $55 million project to widen and straighten the highway.[7] The community gained electricity in the early 1940s.[4]
The Bellview Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1981. In 2024, the department moved from a three-bay station on Blairsville Highway to a newly-built five-bay station across from the Bellview Community Center.[8]
Education
[edit]Students in Bellview attend Martins Creek Elementary School and Martins Creek Middle School.
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bellview
- ^ "Township Of Notla NC Demographic Data and Boundary Map". northcarolina.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ^ "Bellview (Cherokee County, North Carolina): Community Profile". roadsidethoughts.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Foster, Sarah (December 2023). "Bellview: Shaped by academic history". Celebrating Our Communities of Cherokee County: Volume 1. Cherokee Scout. pp. 22–25.
- ^ "Community Backstory". Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ Spencer, Nora Cobb (January 15, 1953). "Happytop Free School Was Forerunner Of Modern Education". Cherokee Scout. Murphy, NC. p. 12. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ^ Brown, David (April 23, 2024). "Watching past lives disappear". Cherokee Scout. Murphy, NC: Community Newspapers Inc. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ^ Quinones-Belian, Anngee (March 13, 2024). "Firefighters have new place to call home". Cherokee Scout. Murphy, NC: Community Newspapers Inc. p. 8A.
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