Belleville Factoids – CSX City of the Week
Congratulations to Belleville,
You’re the WCSX City of the Week
Belleville factoids:
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The Belleville National Strawberry Festival kicks off Friday, June 14th and runs through the weekend! It began as a way for local farmers to celebrate their strawberry crops.
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The community was named in honor of landowner James Bell… the name is also the French word for “beautiful town.”
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In the 1930s, Belleville had a reputation as a resort community where the wealthy of Detroit maintained getaway estates. Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh once owned summer cottages on Belleville Lake, in the neighborhood of Harmony Lane.