BELLEFONTAINE

bellefontaine, a city and the county-seat of logan county, ohio, u.s.a., about 45 m. n.w. of columbus. pop. (1890) 4245; (1900) 6649 (267 foreign-born); (1910) 8238. it is served by the cleveland, cincinnati, chicago & st louis (which has large shops here) and the ohio central railways; also by the dayton, springfield & urbana electric railway. it is built on the south-west slope of a hill having an elevation of about 1500 ft. above sea-level and at the foot of which are several springs of clear water which suggested the city's name. among the city's manufactures are iron bridges, carriage-bodies, flour and cement. the municipality owns and operates its water-works system and its gas and electric-lighting plants. bellefontaine was first settled about 1818, was laid out as a town and made the county-seat in 1820 and was incorporated in 1835.