Blue Jacket and his band had previously occupied a village along the Scioto River, but the American Revolutionary War had reached the Ohio Country.

After the United States gained independence, its forces continued warfare against former Indian allies of the British.

Blue Jacket's Town was destroyed in Logan's Raid, conducted by Kentucky militia in 1786 at the outset of the Northwest Indian War.

[8] Beginning in the 1800s, American Revolutionary War veterans and others from Virginia and elsewhere began settling in the area of Blue Jacket's Town.

Bellefontaine is on or near the edge of the Virginia Military District, where the cash-poor government granted tracts of land to veterans in payment for their services during the war.

In the 1890s the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (also called the Big Four Railroad) built a main terminal in the city.

[12] Though railroading hit hard times and the industry went through radical restructuring in the late 20th century, and the Big Four terminal ceased operations in 1983, Bellefontaine remains a landmark on America's railways.

A small section of Main Street, on the west side of the Logan County Courthouse, was the first to be paved using that process.

When that proved successful, Court Avenue, which runs along the south side of the courthouse, was paved with concrete.

While Main Street is now paved with asphalt, Court Avenue has retained its original concrete pavement for more than 100 years.

Bellefontaine is a central location among Honda operations in Marysville, East Liberty, Russells Point, Anna, and Troy, Ohio.

In 1950, the family of August Wagner deeded Campbell Hill and the surrounding 57.5 acres to the U.S. government.

This military unit was responsible for monitoring for possible aerospace attacks from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

The 664th AC&WS and similar military units were eventually superseded by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (or NORAD).

In 2012 local real estate developer Small Nation purchased and renovated the former J.C. Penney building.

[15] Neighboring areas have begun using Bellefontaine as a model to attract more investment in their own towns.

[19] In 2023, the opposing residents began pushing for a city ordinance that would classify drag performances as ‘adult entertainment,' making it one of the first municipalities in Ohio to do so.

Winters are cool to cold with mild periods, and summers are generally hot and muggy, with significant precipitation year-round.

Traditionally, Bellefontaine's elevation excludes it from tornadoes and floods that affect the majority of the Miami Valley.

The 2000 census[4] found 46,005 people in the micropolis, making it the 260th most populous such area in the United States.

By comparison, the least populous metropolitan area in the United States, Carson City, Nevada, has 52,457 residents.

(Examples: El Dorado, Arkansas; Clovis, New Mexico; and Red Wing, Minnesota.)

The historical society eventually grew out of the 3-story building and moved to its current home closer to Downtown.

Bellefontaine had been part of the New York Central Railroad's St. Louis - Indianapolis - Cleveland corridor of passenger trains.

[35] The final train running through Bellefontaine, the Penn Central's Indianapolis - Cleveland remnant of the Southwestern Limited, ended in 1971, upon Amtrak taking up private companies' long distance passenger operations.

In addition, the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center, located atop Campbell Hill, offers both secondary and post-secondary education.