Belleville, Michigan City of Belleville Belleville is positioned in the US Belleville - Belleville Website City of Belleville, Michigan Belleville is a town/city in Wayne County in the State of Michigan.
Belleville is 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Ann Arbor and 29 miles (47 km) southwest of Detroit.
About 1881, the Belleville depot on the Detroit line of the Wabash Railroad began serving travelers from athwart the region and the country.
Belleville was established as a village in 1905, when its governance separated from Van Buren Township by an act of the State Legislature.
To generate more electrical power in the region, in early 1926 the Detroit Edison Company assembled the French Landing Dam on the river east of Belleville, thereby creating Belleville Lake.
Belleville Lake is the biggest inland lake in Wayne County, stretching 6 miles and covering 1,200 acres.
The traditional downtown is nestled on the southern shore of Belleville Lake.
Belleville accomplished town/city status on 14 May 1946.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.20 square miles (3.11 km2), of which 1.14 square miles (2.95 km2) is territory and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water. Edison Lake (the proper name of Belleville Lake) was created by damming up the Huron River in two places.
Belleville Area Strawberry Fields There were 1,755 homeholds of which 28.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 37.8% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
Main street on the first day of the Belleville National Strawberry Festival from the Ferris wheel Belleville hosts an annual festival, called the National Strawberry Festival.
People from all over Wayne County come to jubilate Belleville's economic supporter, the strawberry. In the 1930s, Belleville had a reputation as a resort improve where the wealthy of Detroit maintained getaway estates.
Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh once owned summer cottages on Belleville Lake, in the neighborhood of Harmony Lane. The town/city has been called the place of birth of techno music, namely having been home to Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, generally known as the Belleville Three, who were instrumental in its creation.
During Belleville's annual Strawberry Festival, bands from all around perform in the downtown and make it a very large cultural exchange area.
The Belleville High School Marching Band is large with almost 300 members on the field at one time.
Belleville High School Belleville is in the Van Buren Public Schools District.
The precinct has five elementary schools (Savage, Rawsonville, Tyler, Haggerty, and Edgemont), an intermediate school (5th and 6th grade, Owen Intermediate School), one middle school (7th and 8th grade, Mc - Bride Middle School), one high school Belleville High School, and the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC).
Several current players in the NFL attended Belleville High School, including former Michigan Wolverines and current Denver Broncos linebacker Ian Gold, Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Kris Jenkins, his brother Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins, Buffalo Bills linebacker Kevin Harrison, and retired San Francisco 49ers All-Pro linebacker Frank Nunley, and Green Bay Packers running back Rodney Quiney-Karo.
Former Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox outfielder Billy Ashley attended Belleville High School.
Even with its small size the Belleville region is served by four weekly newspapers, the Belleville-Area Independent, the Belleville Lake Current, the Belleville View, and the Belleville Enterprise.
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City of Belleville, Michigan.
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belleville, Michigan "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Enumeration Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Belleville city, Michigan".
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Belleville High School
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