Bellefonte, Kentucky

• Children create savory eats at Chef Camp
  

  The aroma of cheesy, tomatoey pizza filtered through the air at Bellefonte Countrya SClub Thursday, and the chefs, all 13 or younger, whetted their appetites for the spicy favorite with a couple of chocolate-dipped strawberries, which they made themselves.

• Recession hits KDMC
  

  King's Daughters Medical Center, the city's largest employer, laid off an unknown number of employees Tuesday.

• Three area schools to get new principals
  

  Students at three northeast Kentucky schools will see a new face in the principal's office when they return to class in August.

• News in Brief - 7/12/10 | Monday
  

  Officials with the Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital Auxiliary announced its annual golf benefit was a success which raised more than $30,000. The annual scramble tournament included the traditional post-tournament 19th Hole cocktail party, which included a silent auction.

• Dog days of summer are here
  

  Get used to the heat. Forecasters say the mercury will continue to ascend into the 90s at least through Thursday.

• OLBH to offer screenings
  

  Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, in conjunction with Summer Motion, will offer a health fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday in Central Park.

• Easing some Greenup County traffic congestion
  

  Kentucky highway officials hope to improve traffic flow in the Bellefonte-Russell area as they continue construction of a right-turn lane at US 23's intersection with Kentucky 1725.

City Description

Bellefonte is a residential city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 837 at the 2000 census. Bellefonte is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649. Locally, Bellefonte is known for its upscale neighborhoods and the private Bellefonte Country Club, which has a championship level 18 hole golf course. Bellefonte developed in the later half of the 20th century as a suburb of Ashland, and it is exclusively home to the business and professional elite of Ashland. The exclusive nature of the city is evident by the demographic make up of the community which can be found below. One very unusual factor of Bellefonte is that within its corporate limits, there are virtually no residents under the povery line. Nearby, Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital is named for its location, being just north of Bellefonte in Russell. During the mid-1980s, Ashland Inc. relocated its national headquarters from downtown Ashland to the elevated hill north of Bellefonte. The modern business park complex comprised four state of the art buildings. In 1999, the corporation moved its main

City Contained By:

• United States of America
• Kentucky
• Greenup County

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 1.81299167724 km squared

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