Bellevue, Kentucky

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Latitude: 39.101761 -- Longitude: -84.480783

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Bellevue was named for the plantation of Gen. James Taylor Jr., Quartermaster General of the western US Army in the War of 1812. The City was once the eastern part of his plantation. The name Bellevue was named after the General's family plantation in Virginia. James Taylor Jr. was the fifth child born to James Taylor Sr. and his wife, Anne Hubbard Taylor in Midway, Virginia. His father, James Taylor Sr., bought 2,700 acres of land in Northern Kentucky from his friend George Muse, which was part of the land Muse had been awarded for his military service in the French and Indian War. James Taylor Jr. was said to be one of the wealthiest men in the state of Kentucky, with an estate in 1848 was valued at more than $4 million. Today his home stands in the East Row local Historic District in the adjoining City of Newport, Kentucky. East Row is the second largest local district in Kentucky and the Taylor Mansion is the district's oldest house. -- Source: Wikipedia.com