Bellevue ( BEL-vew) is a city in eastern Jackson County, Iowa, United States. The city lies along the Mississippi River (at Lock and Dam No. 12) and adjacent to Bellevue State Park. In 2020 its population was 2,363; up from a combine of 2,191 at the 2010 Census, making it the second-largest and on your own growing city in Jackson County.

The city lies in a valley created by two large bluffs (known as North and South Bluffs respectively), with the Mississippi River serving as the city’s eastern border (the Illinois declare border), and afterward the Mill Creek valley extending to the west. Geographically, it is allowance of the southernmost region of the Driftless Area, a portion of North America that escaped everything three phases of the Wisconsinian Glaciation.

It is one of the few cities in Iowa to be built near large hills and bluffs, which account for much of the city’s economic stimulation as a tourist town. The city attributes its herald from the French words ‘Belle’ and ‘Vue’ meaning ‘beautiful view’, as capably as an further on settler, John D. Bell. The unique chronicles and architecture of Bellevue fascination visitors year round, mainly from open large population centers (including Dubuque and Maquoketa).

Jackson County, along taking into account Jones and Linn Counties were time-honored in 1837 and Bellevue was the named the seat of justice for anything three counties. Prior to the formal introduction of the county, Bellevue was laid out by John D. Bell in 1835. He built a cabin there and was the town’s first postmaster. The first hotel was built by Peter Dutell in 1836, and was called the Bellevue House. When Iowa became a territory in 1838, the first census was taken and Jackson County had 881 people.