Athol | Bellaire
| Cedarville | Claudell
| Gaylord | Germantown
| Harlan | Kensington
| Lebanon |
Old Salem | Reamsville
| Smith Center |
Home on the Range
Homesteading in Smith County
Bellaire
Located 6 miles east of Smith Center,
Bellaire was established as a railroad station when the Rock Island
Railroad came through. A post office opened for business on March
6, 1888.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
Pletcher, Vera Edith Crosby.
"A History of Smith County, Kansas to 1960". Masters
thesis, Kansas State University, 1960.
Blackmar, Frank, ed. "Kansas:
a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions,
industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ...
/ with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history
and reminiscence." Chicago : Standard Pub. Co. 1912.
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