Belleville is an unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. Its elevation is 594 feet.In April 1999, Belleville HydroElectric, a 42 MW hydroelectricity power station, began operating on the East side of the Belleville Locks and Dam which are operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The plant is operated by AMP-Ohio now known as American Municipal Power,Inc..Pre European SettlementSeveral thousand Hurons occupied present-day West Virginia during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. During the 17th century, the Iroquois Confederacy drove the Hurons from the state and used it primarily as a hunting ground.When Anglo-European peoples first came into this part of the Ohio Valley, no Native American tribe had permanent residence there. The tribal home of the Delaware nation was on the upper Muskingum. The Shawnees lived on the Scioto and the Great Hocking, and Miamis on the two rivers of that name.