City of Bellemeade

City of Bellemeade

The City of Bellemeade A History

In the early 1950’s two bedroom communities were growing up together along Shelbyville Road. They were Bellemeade and Moorgate and both had neighborhood associations.

On September 24, 1956 the Bellemeade neighborhood incorporated as the sixth class City of Bellemeade. It soon began to annex areas from the west border of Moorgate to Wood Road.

Moorgate neighborhood association began to feel the threat of being annexed by Lyndon or Hurstborne and worked out an agreement to join Bellemeade but keep the Moorgate identity as a neighborhood. On December 1, 1973 Moorgate was annexed by Bellemeade

By April 1976 the present boundaries of the City of Bellemeade were completed with the annexation of homes along Wood Road and Whipps Mill Road.

2000 Census Information

As of the census of 2000, there were 871 people, 412 households, and 281 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,065.8 people per square mile (1,201.1/km²). There were 431 housing units at an average density of 1,517.1/sq mi (594.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.51% White, 0.34% Black or African American, 0.11% Asian, 0.57% from other races, and 0.46% from two or more races.

There were 412 households out of which 18.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.58.

In the city the population was spread out with 15.5% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 18.7% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 34.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53 years. For every 100 females there were 82.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $54,375, and the median income for a family was $66,477. Males had a median income of $48,269 versus $32,031 for females. The per capita income for the city was $31,651. About 1.4% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

Sixth Class City Government

The City of Bellemeade is a "Sixth Class" city with a Mayor and and four Commissioners. The mayor is the presiding officer who can make motions and vote.

The Commission meets on the second Monday of each month at 7 PM in the city hall of Lyndon. It is an open meeting and citizens are invited to attend and speak to issues.

The 2009-2010 Property Tax is .075 cents per hundred dollars valuation.