BELLEFONTAINE, a city of Ohio, U.S.A., on a hill I,S5oft. above sea-level, 45m. N.W. of Columbus; the county seat of Logan county. It is served by the Big Four and the New York Central railways. The population in 193o was 9,543. It has large railway car shops, and its manufactures include bridges, automobile bodies, sewer pipes and mattresses. The town was settled about 1818 and incorporated in 1835. Several springs of clear water in the vicinity suggested its name.