Guide to Belview Minnesota

Belview is a city in Redwood County, Minnesota. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.95 square miles (2.46 km2), all of it land. The major highways in Belview are Redwood County Roads 7 and 9. The elevation is 1,070 ft (326 m).

As of the census of 2010, there were 384 people, 169 households, and 91 families residing in the city. The population density was 404.2 inhabitants per square mile (156.1/km2). There were 177 housing units at an average density of 186.3 per square mile (71.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 98.2% White, 0.5% Asian, and 1.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.3% of the population.

There were 169 households of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 46.2% were non-families. 40.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 30.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.87.

The median age in the city was 48.6 years. 18.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.2% were from 25 to 44; 24.5% were from 45 to 64; and 31% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 45.1% male and 54.9% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Belview, once known as Jones Siding and Rolling Prairie, is located in southwestern Minnesota on the rich prairie farmland of northwestern Redwood County adjacent to the Minnesota River Valley. Much of the area that is now within the county boundaries was ceded by the Dakota Indians in the Treaty at Traverse des Sioux in 1851. A ten-mile wide strip along the Minnesota River was retained as reservation land, and the Lower Agency was established within this strip as a government administrative center for the Lower Sioux. During the 1860's, the government survey of county lands was completed, and Homestead Act was instituted, and the reservation lands were opened for Euro-American settlement. Farmers and land speculators were among the earliest settlers, with the latter hoping to lure additional settlers with promises of larger communities to come. The Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific, a line of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad, laid track across the northern edge of the county in 1884. On a route which extended from Minneapolis to Watertown, South Dakota. The tracks crossed land owned by Hibbard Jones, whose farmstead was located on the rise of land known today as "Bunker Hill" (one-half mile north of town). In 1887, farmers and residents of the area petitioned the United States government for a post office. Jones platted the village in 1889, and the local government was organized in 1892. The Belview Heritage Preservation Commission was established in 1977 to preserve for future generations what is important and significant in the community's past.

BELVIEW, a city in section 8 of Kintire, platted in 1889 and incorporated January 3, 1893, has a name derived from French words, meaning "a beautiful view." It was first called Rolling Prairie and Jones Siding, but when the post office was established in 1887, the name changed. The first postmaster was Charles Jones, son of Hibbard F. Jones, who platted the site in 1889. It had a station of the Chicago and North Western Railway.

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Main Street, Belview Minnesota, 1917
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A & J Processing 32606 County Highway Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 641-5086
Alvan Sander & Sons Excavating 311 E Elevator Street PO Box 58 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4184
American Legion Post #309 111 S Main Street PO Box 63 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4330
Asche Insurance 108 N Main Street Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-5001
Belview Insurance Services 106 N Main Street PO Box 175 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4291
Belview Learning Center 102 S 2nd Street PO Box 188 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4111
Cenex 110 N Main Street PO Box 185 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-3069
Coffee Tavern 107 N Main Street Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-2200
Dale Mandelkow Farm 20388 State Highway Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 762-3225
Farmers Cooperative 102 N Main Street PO Box 37 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4133
Glenn's Country Store 106 N Main Street PO Box 172 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-2473
Grace Lutheran Church 101 E St. Olaf Avenue Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4450
Inn Like Flinn's 111 N Main Street PO Box 106 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4128
James Weidemann Farm 41480 Ideal Avenue Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4278
Johnson Decorating 102 N Main Street PO Box 42 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4327
Lake Street Kustom Machines 106 N Lake Street PO Box 118 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-3004
Marvin Preuss Farm 1952 635th Street Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 925-4428
Minnwest Bank 113 N Main Street PO Box 190 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4121
Our Savior's Lutheran Church 306 S Main Street Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-3133
Parkview Home 102 County Road 9 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4151
Parkwood Apartments 505 S 2nd Street Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-3020
Pederson Tool 23274 430th Street Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-3148
Rainbow Antiques, Crafts and Junque 103 S Main Street PO Box 222 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4476
Red Power Repair 23228 390th Street Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-2252
Rita's Classicuts 202 W 2nd Avenue PO Box 156 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-3033
Rock Dell Lutheran Church 23633 410th Street Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4235
Schjenken Farm 41069 Hunter Avenue Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4460
Shear Images on Main 105 S Main Street PO Box 125 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-2132
Shirley Danielson Insurance 202 W 2nd Avenue Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-3060
Ultimate Transmission 102 S Main Street Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-3721
US Post Office 101 N Main Street Belview, MN 56214-5000 Phone: (507) 938-4148 Toll Free: (800) ASK-USPS Web: www.usps.com
V & L Auto Repair 109 N Main Street PO Box 53 Belview, MN 56214 Phone: (507) 938-4167

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