Bellevue, Mississippi

For the historic building, see Bellevue (Pascagoula, Mississippi).

Bellevue, Mississippi is an unincorporated community is Lamar County, Mississippi, located on the west side of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi metropolitan area.[1]

In 2014, a group of Bellevue community residents began the process of incorporating the community as a city. Incorporating the city would require approval of two-thirds of the voters in the proposed area.[2][3] As judged by proponents of incorporation, the area has a land area of 15 square miles (39 km2) and a population between 5,000 and 10,000.[4] The proposed location of the city of Bellevue would be west of Hattiesburg, and would encompas the subdivisions of Bellegrass, Bent Creek, Bridgefield, Canebrake, Cumberland, and Sandstone, although "there is no official blueprint for the potential city".[3]

References

  1. ↑ Doherty, Tim (10 October 2015). Bellevue opponents: We’re going to lose all our freedom, Hattisburg American ("The incorporation process has stirred up interest in Bellevue community residents on both sides of the issue.")
  2. ↑ Doherty, Tim (10 April 2015). Group pushing plans for new city in Lamar County, Hattiesburg American
  3. 1 2 Morgan, Margaret Ann (6 May 2015). EXCLUSIVE: County e-mails reveal City of Bellevue plans, WDAM
  4. ↑ "Group details plans for City of Bellevue". Hattiesburg American. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
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