Antrim County Courthouse in Bellaire Antrim County Courthouse in Bellaire Location of Bellaire in Antrim County, Michigan Location of Bellaire in Antrim County, Michigan Bellaire is a village in the U.S.
Bellaire is also home to the Antrim County Courthouse, a historic structure assembled in 1905.
The Antrim Review, the county's journal of record, is headquartered in downtown Bellaire.
The Bellaire postal service opened under the name Keno on June 20, 1879 and changed to Bellaire on May 26, 1880. Also, in 1880, Bellaire became the governmental center of county of Antrim County, a position that Elk Rapids had previously had.
The Chicago & West Michigan Railroad assembled a depot in Bellaire in 1891, and the East Jordan & Southern Railroad assembled another line into the town in 1901.
For years, Bellaire was a primary barns center in Antrim County, so the town thriving many industrialized corporations.
Bellaire remained a transit center until 1962, when the East Jordan and Southern abandoned their trackage through Bellaire, and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (which was using the former Chicago and West Michigan line) followed suit in 1982.
The village is positioned on the boundary between Forest Home Township on the west and Kearney Township on the east, separated by the Intermediate River with the larger portion inside Kearney Township.
The Bellaire ZIP code, 49615, serves large portions of both townships, as well as portions of Central Lake Township to the north, Chestonia Township to the east, Custer Township to the south, and Helena Township to the southwest. M-88 passes through the village, with Central Lake approximately 8 miles to the north and Mancelona approximately 10 miles to the southeast.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village has a total region of 1.97 square miles (5.10 km2), of which, 1.84 square miles (4.77 km2) of it is territory and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2) is water. There were 549 housing units at an average density of 298.4 per square mile (115.2/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the village was 97.2% White, 0.1% African American, 0.7% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.5% from other competitions, and 0.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 456 homeholds of which 29.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 39.3% were non-families.
33.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the village was 42.2 years.
23.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.5% were from 25 to 44; 30.7% were from 45 to 64; and 16.3% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 545 housing units at an average density of 297.8 per square mile (115.0/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the village was 97.25% White, 0.17% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.17% from other competitions, and 1.80% from two or more competitions.
There were 489 homeholds out of which 31.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families.
30.5% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the village, the populace was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the village was $32,243, and the median income for a family was $44,625.
About 3.0% of families and 5.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over.
Municipalities and communities of Antrim County, Michigan, United States County seat: Bellaire
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Villages in Antrim County, Michigan - Villages in Michigan - County seats in Michigan - Populated places established in 1879
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