Bellevue, Arizona

Ghost town in Gila County

Ghost town in Arizona, United States

33°19′55″N 110°56′36″W / 33.33194°N 110.94333°W / 33.33194; -110.94333CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyGilaFounded:c. 1906Abandoned:c. 1927Elevation

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4,692 ft (1,430 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (MST (no DST))Post Office Opened:July 30, 1906Post Office Closed:April 7, 1927

Bellevue is a ghost town in Gila County, Arizona, five miles (8.1 km) southwest of Miami.

History

The settlement was founded as a mining camp around 1906 when a post office was established. The name of the founder is unknown though the town was built to harbor the Gibson Cooper Mine. The Bellevue-Miami Stagecoach company had a stage there. A boarding house, general store and the post office were among many houses. The population got as high 300 before 1927 when the post office closed and the settlement became a ghost town. As of today, the concrete Gibson Cooper mill still stands, along with metal mining equipment. Piles of ore can be found, as of 2021 it has been destroyed because of the telegraph fire.^[2]

Bellevue's population was 123 in 1920.^[3]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bellevue
^ Sherman, James E; Barbara H. Sherman (1969). Ghost Towns of Arizona. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806108436.
^ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. pp. 165–166.