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BELLAIRE, a city of Belmont county, Ohio, U.S.A., on the Ohio river, 5 M. S. of Wheeling, West Virginia. Pop. (1890) 9934; (19o0) 9912 (1159 foreign-born); (1910) 12,946. It is served by the Baltimore & Ohio, the Pennsylvania, and the Ohio River & Western railways. Bellaire is the shipping centre of the Belmont county coalfield which in 1907 produced 19'3 % of the total output of coal for the state. Iron, limestone and fire-clay are found in the vicinity; among the manufactures are iron and steel, glass, galvanized and enamelled ware, agricultural implements and stoves. The value of the city's factory products increased from $8,837,646 in 1900 to $10,712,438 in 1905, or 21.2 %. Bellaire was settled about 1795, was laid out in 1836, was incorporated as a village in 1858, and was chartered as a city in 1874.