Belleville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Belleville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBelleville is a city in Yell County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 312 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Russellville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 441 to 312 (-29%). Half of its homes were built before 1971.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Belleville yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Belleville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Belleville’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSpring Lake Bridge, Spanning Bob …: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Belleville
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Belleville, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
1 historic place in Belleville
1 place in Belleville is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Spring Lake Bridge, Spanning Bob Barnes Branch at County Road No. 36D and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.