BELLAIRE, a city of Belmont county, O., U.S.A., on the Ohio river, 5m. below Wheeling. It is served by the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania railways. The population was 9,912 in 19oo; 15,061 in 192o, of whom 2,691 were foreign-born white; and was 13,327 in 193o Federal census. It is the outlet for the Belmont county coal-field, and the shipping point for fine Jersey cows raised in the vicinity. Iron, limestone and fire-clay, found near, are utilized in the manufacture of galvanized and enamelled ware, agricultural implements, iron and steel, stoves, glass, rivets, and other commodities. The village was settled about 1 7 95, incorporated in 1858, and chartered as a city in 1874.