Bethesda is a village in west-central Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,211 at the 2020 census. It is allocation of the Wheeling metropolitan area.

Bethesda has had three names: Burrs Mills, Fairmount, and Bethesda. When the railroad reached the village in 1852, the Central Ohio Railroad built a station and named it Burr’s Mills in rave review of Merrick S. Burr, who operated a sawmill in the area. In 1855, Burr laid out a village which he called Fairmount because of its high and beautiful location. Prior to that time, there was a store, the Bethesda Methodist Church, and a name office, all located virtually 2 miles south of the current town upon what now CR 26, and the herald office was named after the church. The growth proprietor was the postmaster and later than he moved his accrual to the town, the herald office in addition to was relocated but retained its name. As a result, the town was called Fairmount even though the railroad station was Burr’s Mills and the reveal office was Bethesda. In the late 1800s, the state of Bethesda was finally fixed for the town. Bethesda was incorporated as a village in 1910. In 1920, the town contracted behind the E. Howard Watch & Clock Company to supply a town clock which was dedicated to Bethesda’s World War I veterans, and erected atop the Orrison Cigar Co. building upon Main Street. In 2010, the town clock was removed from utility and placed in storage. In 2015, a local matter owner from Bethesda, Uncle Bob Murray, spearheaded the restoration of the clock and normal the Murray Family Memorial Pizza. The skill and the restored clock have been dictated to militia veterans from everything services and have been described as the “Times Leader of Bethesda”.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.64 square miles (1.66 km), of which 0.62 square miles (1.61 km²) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km) is water.

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,256 people, 549 households, and 358 families energetic in the village. The population density was 2,025.8 inhabitants per square mile (782.2/km²). There were 667 housing units at an average density of 1,075.8 per square mile (415.4/km). The racial makeup of the village was 96.6% White, 0.3% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.2% of the population.