Bellevue
[key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 64,176), Sarpy co., E Nebr., a
suburb of Omaha, on the Missouri River; inc. 1855. A railroad junction, it
has manufacturing (fertilizers, computer and communication equipment, food,
apparel, concrete products, whirlpool baths, feed) and telecommunications
services. The oldest city in the state, Bellevue was a trading post in the
early 1800s and the site of a Presbyterian Native American mission in the
1840s and 50s. The Strategic Air and Space Museum is there. 2
City (2020 pop. 151,854), King co., W Wash., on Lake Washington opposite
Seattle and connected to it by two floating bridges; inc. 1953. Manufactures
include computers, machinery, electrical equipment, aircraft parts, food,
building materials, medical equipment, chemicals, fertilizers, and paper
products; there is printing and publishing. It has one of the most extensive
networks of office complexes in the Pacific Northwest and the state's
largest shopping center.
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