Bellevue, Tennessee
Bellevue, Tennessee, USA | |
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| Coordinates: 36°4′27″N 86°55′24″W / 36.07417°N 86.92333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Davidson |
| Government | |
| • Councilwoman | Sheri Weiner |
| • Councilman | Dave Rosenberg |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 79,157 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 37221, 37209, 37143 |
| Area code | 615 |
Bellevue is a neighborhood of Nashville, situated about 13 miles southwest of the downtown area via Interstate 40. It is served by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. The 2016 population estimate for Bellevue's two main zip codes was 77,862.
Home to the massive Warner Parks, Bellevue offers more than 50 acres of park and open space per 1000 residents. It is a popular destination for outdoors and nature lovers, with miles of paved and unpaved trails for hikers and cyclists along the Harpeth River Greenway. Bellevue is also the beginning access point for a multi-state recreational highway known as the Natchez Trace Parkway.
Commercial/retail hotspots in the Bellevue area are near the Highway 70S/I-40 interchange, at the intersection of Highway 70S and Old Hickory Boulevard; and near the intersection of Old Harding Pike and Highway 100. One Bellevue Place is a retail lifestyle center on the property formerly known as Bellevue Center Mall on Highway 70S. This shopping area includes a coffee shop, hotels, and numerous restaurants and retail establishments, anchored by a Sprouts Farmer's Market grocery store, AMC Bellevue 12 theatre, and the Bellevue Community Center and Ford Ice Center.
In the 1950s, Bellevue was a small community which existed primarily to serve the needs of nearby farms. It was mostly along the railroad tracks near the Harpeth River, and had only a few buildings such as a hardware store, post office, and a Masonic lodge hall. I-40 was built through Bellevue in the early 1960s and suburbanization of the community was made official when the United States Postal Service changed the office's designation from "Bellview, Tennessee" to a branch of the Nashville office in the late 1970s.
On May 2, 2010, the Bellevue area was hard-hit by a devastating flood, but in the following decade it rebounded and experienced transformative residential and commercial development.
On February 3, 2014, Bellevue experienced its first plane crash. Four lives were lost in this accident after the plane experienced heavy airspeeds and total engine failure. This plane crash almost destroyed the Bellevue YMCA, with the plane coming down nearly 30 yards from its west side. Instead, pilot Glenn Mull was able to save many lives.