Bellevue is a city in Blaine County in the central part of the U.S. state of Idaho.

The city of Hailey and the Friedman Memorial Airport are a few miles north of Bellevue.

The Bellevue area was explored by fur trader Alexander Ross in 1824.

[5] The city is located on a mile-wide plateau noted for its rich soil suitable for fruit growing.

[6] The nearby lands are also rich with resources, and Bellevue grew as a mining town.

The International Hotel was built at Main and Oak, and could accommodate 75 guests.

[9] A devastating fire engulfed the city's business district in 1905, started when the Seymour Saloon's bartender lit a match to investigate a gasoline leak.

[11] The Wood River Rock Festival took place in 1971 in nearby Slaughterhouse Gulch.

The festival was plagued by faulty sound equipment, cold weather, inadequate facilities, poor attendance, and grasshoppers.

[12] In 2003, Bellevue was the location of the murders of Diane and Alan Scott Johnson.

In 2012, Jon Anderson, a former mayor of Bellevue, committed a murder-suicide, killing his ex-wife and then himself.

24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[21] The county is in the catchment area, but not the taxation zone, for College of Southern Idaho.