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Bellefontaine Conservation Area

Protected lands in Missouri, U.S.

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ4883761 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bellefontaine Conservation Area consists of 133 acres (0.54 km2) in St. Louis County, Missouri. It is located along Interstate 270 in Castle Point.

Bellefontaine Conservation Area is primarily grassland and includes sections of forest and ponds open to fishing. The area was previously owned by the Missouri Department of Mental Health and was transferred to the Missouri Department of Conservation in 1995 because of the unique urban fishing opportunities it provides.

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The public source identifies “Bellefontaine Conservation Area” as protected lands in Missouri, U.S. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bellefontaine, Conservation and Area.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bellefontaine, Conservation and Area providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4883761. Authority coordinates are 38.764, -90.236. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1995.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bellefontaine Conservation Area” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.