Bellaire ( bell-air) is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county chair of Antrim County. The population was 1,053 in 2020 census.

The village is split amongst Forest Home and Kearney townships. The historic Antrim County Courthouse is located in Bellaire. The Antrim Review, the county’s newspaper of record, is headquartered in Bellaire.

The Bellaire read out office opened under the name Keno on June 20, 1879 and distorted to Bellaire on May 26, 1880. Also, in 1880, Bellaire became the county chair of Antrim County, a slant that Elk Rapids had in the past had. The Chicago & West Michigan Railroad built a depot in Bellaire in 1891, and the East Jordan & Southern Railroad built substitute line into the town in 1901. For years, Bellaire was a major railroad middle in Antrim County, so the town attracted many industrial corporations. For example, the wooden bowl company (which made wooded utensils) built a factory in Bellaire because of the ease of transportation. Bellaire remained a transportation center until 1962, when the East Jordan and Southern by yourself their trackage through Bellaire, and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (which was using the former Chicago and West Michigan line) followed warfare in 1982. Bellaire is house to the Short’s Brewing Company.

The village is located upon the boundary in the middle of Forest Home Township upon the west and Kearney Township upon the east, separated by the Intermediate River with the larger portion within Kearney Township. The Bellaire ZIP code, 49615, serves large portions of both townships, as with ease as portions of Central Lake Township to the north, Chestonia Township to the east, Custer Township to the south, and Helena Township to the southwest.