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All Information from the Book "North Dakota Place Names" by Douglas A Wick

Bellevue

This townsite was platted in July 1879 adjacent to the townsite of Christiani in SE 1/4 Section 35-154-51, Turtle River Township, three miles NNE of Manvel. The name is French for beautiful view. Development here was limited to a couple mills. At various times 1877-1902 a post office operated here using the name Turtle River. The site was bypassed by the Great Northern Rail Road, and fire destroyed the mills, leaving only the old Evans Hotel at Bellevue.

This townsite was platted in April 1878 in SE 1/4 Section 35-154-51, Turtle River Township and named for the owners of the site, August and Margaret Christiani. Mr. Christiani had come here in the 1870's, operating a grist mill and a saw mill at the site. In July 1879 a new site was platted adjacent to this site and it was called Bellevue. A post office existed just west of here 1877-1902 called Turtle River.

This was a farm post office established March 3, 1893 with Nathan Dayton Stoughton postmaster. Postal officials had rejected Mr. Stoughton's suggested name of Greenwood, for pioneer settler Joseph Greenwood, because of duplication in what is now South Dakota. It was located in NE 1/4 Section 3-154-51, Turtle River Township, eight miles north of Manvel in the extreme North East corner of the county, and closed February 28, 1905 with mail to Walshville.

This was a rural community in SE 1/4 Section 35-154-51, Turtle River Township, three miles NE of Manvel, and just west of the townsites of Christiani and Bellevue. The post office was established November 7, 1877 with Melvin D. Chappell Postmaster, and closed February 20, 1882. It reopened April 5, 1882 with August Christiani postmaster, and closed October 31, 1892. It opened for the third time on December 1, 1892 with Albert Lindsey Postmaster, and closed April 30, 1900. It opened for a fourth time on May 13, 1901 with George Henderson Stead postmaster, and closed for good on November 29, 1902, with the mail going to Manvel after each closing. A population of 50 was reported in 1890, but the site is virtually vacant today. It was named for its township, which was named for the river which flows through it.

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