Did you Know

The town of Bellmore traces its beginnings back to 1643, when it was known as a farming and fishing town.

Sometime in the early 1640s, Robert Bedell, an early settler, moved to the community and became one of the more successful salt marsh farmers.

The area known as North Bellmore was first settled in 1655. In its early years, the area was known as Smithville.

In the late 1700s, George Washington marched through the community to decorate Revolutionary War heroes.

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The Bellmore-merrick Central High School District was founded in 1934, under the name Central High School District 3.

Wellington C. mepham High School opened in 1937, with an enrollment of 741 students.

The South Side Railroad, now the long Island rail road, arrived in Bellmore in 1870.

Bellmore was known as 'New Bridge' and 'little Neck' before it officially became known as Bellmore in 1900, when the post office was established.

The Bellmore memorial library was established in 1948, in one room of an old wooden school house, by civic-minded residents.

In 1966, John F. Kennedy High School opened. It was South Bellmore’s first, and only, secondary school to be built.

mcClusky’s Steakhouse, known for its wide variety of cuisine, opened in the 1930s. It closed, after more than 60 years in business, in 1995.

In 1974, Trudie Cowen founded the Historical Society of the Bellmores.