Bellevue is a house rule-class city in Campbell County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is located along the southern bank of the Ohio River. The population was 5,955 at the 2010 census.

Before Bellevue was founded, the area was used for hunting, fishing, and accomplishment by Native Americans tribes such as the Illini, Miami, Shawnee, Cherokee, and Tuscarora. In 1745, a three-day battle occurred in Bellevue along with the Shawnee, Miami, and Cherokee Indians, resulting in many deaths.

Bellevue was named for the plantation of Gen. James Taylor Jr., Quartermaster General of the western U.S. Army in the War of 1812. The City was taking into consideration the eastern portion of his plantation. The pronounce Bellevue was taken from the General’s intimates plantation in Virginia. Bellevue, or “belle vue,” translates from French to mean “beautiful view.” James Taylor Jr. was the fifth child born to James Taylor Sr. and his wife, Anne Hubbard Taylor, in ‘Midway’, Caroline County, Virginia. His dad bought 2,700 acres (11 km) of home in Northern Kentucky from his friend George Muse, part of which Muse had been awarded for his military serve in the French and Indian War. James Taylor Jr. was one of the wealthiest men in the give access of Kentucky. In 1848, his home was valued at more than $4 million. Today, his house stands in the East Row local Historic District in the neighboring City of Newport, Kentucky. East Row is the second-largest local district in Kentucky, and the Taylor Mansion is the district’s oldest house.

The city was formally incorporated by court case of the permit assembly in 1870. Although it contained single-handedly 381 inhabitants in 1870, by 1877, Bellevue was reported to be “growing fast”.