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Bellefonte is an incorporated town in Boone County in the Arkansas Ozarks, just south of Harrison; the 2020 census counted 411 residents.

Campers who admired the area's beautiful springs suggested the name Bellefonte, from the French for "beautiful fountains."

First settled by a few families, Bellefonte grew around two stores, and with no church organizations in the settlement, early worship services were held in private homes by circuit-riding preachers.

Bellefonte grew rapidly in the late 1860s and gained a post office; by the early 1870s it was home to North Arkansas College, a school of roughly high-school level that drew students from all over the state — not the modern community college of the same name in Harrison.

When Boone County was formed, Bellefonte was its largest town — larger than brand-new Harrison — but after argument and a vote, Harrison won the county seat.

Bellefonte first incorporated in 1882, but a major fire that same year damaged the town and burned the college building; the town's incorporation lapsed, and it did not re-incorporate until 1963.

The Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad ran through Bellefonte around 1901, briefly reviving business, though fires in 1912 set the town back again; by 1939 its old town square was gone.

The 2000 census counted 400 Bellefonte residents living in 157 households.

U.S. Highways 62/412 and 65 and Arkansas Highway 206 serve Bellefonte, which is part of the Harrison Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Bellefonte students attend the Valley Springs School District, along with the communities of Everton and Valley Springs.