page_title: Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bellefonte, Pennsylvania / History
caption_attribution_description: English: An aerial photo of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA. Looking southeast taken from a glider on July 1, 2007 by me.
context_page_description: Bellefonte is a borough and the county seat of Centre County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is about twelve miles northeast of State College and is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The borough population was 6,187 at the 2010 Census. It houses the Centre County Courthouse located downtown on the square. Bellefonte has also been home to five of Pennsylvania's governors as well as two other governors. All seven are commemorated in a monument located at Talleyrand Park.
  The town features many examples of Victorian architecture. It is also home to the natural spring from which the town gets its name. However, the spring, which serves as the town's water supply, has been covered to comply with DEP water purity laws. The early development of Bellefonte had been as a "natural town." It started with one house and a crossroad, then iron was found and the town grew.
context_section_description: William Lamb sold his mill to John Dunlop in 1794. The following year, John’s father James Dunlop and John’s son-in-law James Harris laid out the town that would become known as Bellefonte.
  As the years went by, Bellefonte boomed and soon became the most influential town between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg.
caption: Aerial photo of Bellefonte looking south
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