page_title: Belpre, Ohio
hierarchical_section_title: Belpre, Ohio
caption_attribution_description: The w:Farmer's Castle fortification at the w:Belpre, Ohio settlement. Construction began during January 1791 following the w:Big Bottom massacre and the start of the w:Northwest Indian War. From the book by S. P. Hildreth: Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the Early Settlement of the Northwest Territory, H. W. Derby and Co., Cincinnati, Ohio (1848). Illustration plate located between pp. 362-63. ColWilliam (talk) 20:52, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
context_page_description: Belpre is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River near Parkersburg, West Virginia. Its name derives from "Belle Prairie", the name given to the valley by French trappers prior to the first American settlement at the site.
  Part of the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, the city is located about 14 miles downriver from Marietta. In 1870 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad completed the Parkersburg Bridge across the river; at 7,140 feet, it was reportedly the longest in the world.
  The population was 6,441 at the 2010 census. Belpre was the second settlement founded in the Northwest Territory after Marietta. The city is home to the first library established in the Territory. Its public school hired the first female schoolteacher in Ohio.
context_section_description: Belpre (historically spelled Belpré; pronounced /ˈbɛlpriː/ BEL-pree) is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River near Parkersburg, West Virginia. Its name derives from "Belle Prairie" (French for "beautiful meadow"), the name given to the valley by French trappers prior to the first American settlement at the site.
  Part of the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, the city is located about 14 miles (22 km) downriver from Marietta. In 1870 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad completed the Parkersburg Bridge (CSX) across the river; at 7,140 feet (2,180 m), it was reportedly the longest in the world.
  The population was 6,441 at the 2010 census. Belpre was the second settlement founded in the Northwest Territory after Marietta. The city is home to the first library established in the Territory. Its public school hired the first female schoolteacher in Ohio.
caption: Farmer's Castle fortification at Belpre during the Northwest Indian War
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