Bellevue is a home rule-class city[4] in Campbell County, Kentucky, in the United States.

Before Bellevue was founded, the area was used for hunting, fishing, and warfare by Native Americans tribes such as the Illini, Miami, Shawnee, Cherokee, and Tuscarora.

[6] In 1745, a three-day battle occurred in Bellevue among the Shawnee, Miami, and Cherokee Indians, resulting in many deaths.

[6] Bellevue was named for the plantation of Gen. James Taylor Jr., Quartermaster General of the western U.S. Army in the War of 1812.

Today, his home stands in the East Row local Historic District in the adjoining City of Newport, Kentucky.

Balke's Opera House at Berry and Fairfield Avenues served as the town hall and firehouse.

A city directory listed 15 grocery stores, four bakeries, six boot makers, seven confectioneries, two livery stables, a blacksmith, three millinaries, six doctors, seven saloons, and a wagon manufacturer.

In 1894, Bellevue city fathers, attempting to bring more settlers to the city, published a brochure describing the avenue's commercial quality: "Fairfield Avenue, running east and west through the entire town, is the principal business thoroughfare, and business houses are kept well stocked with the latest and best of everything in all branches of trade.

[11] The number of visitors to the beach decreased due to sewage and industrial dumping in the Ohio River.

[11] The resort stayed open as a dance club and rented boats, but a series of floods caused severe damage.

The city is bordered by Newport to the west, Dayton to the east, Fort Thomas to the south, and the Ohio River and Cincinnati to the north.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), virtually all land.