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mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C" title="بلویل، ایلینوی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بلویل، ایلینوی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(kapital_sa_kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Illinois)" title="Belleville (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Illinois) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Belleville (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville,_Illinois" title="Belleville, Illinois – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Belleville, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville" title="Belleville – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Belleville" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C" title="بلویل، ایلینوی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بلویل، ایلینوی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%E2%80%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84_(%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A4%DB%8C)" title="بل‌ویل (ايلينؤی) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="بل‌ویل (ايلينؤی)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A8%EB%B9%8C_(%EC%9D%BC%EB%A6%AC%EB%85%B8%EC%9D%B4%EC%A3%BC)" title="벨빌 (일리노이주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="벨빌 (일리노이주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville,_Ilinwa" title="Belleville, Ilinwa – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Belleville, Ilinwa" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84" title="بلفيل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بلفيل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84_(%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C)" title="بلویل (ایلینوی) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="بلویل (ایلینوی)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81)" title="Бэллвилл (Иллинойс) – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Бэллвилл (Иллинойс)" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2,_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%88" title="बेलेभिल, इलियोनोई – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="बेलेभिल, इलियोनोई" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB_(%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8E%E3%82%A4%E5%B7%9E)" title="ベルビル (イリノイ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ベルビル (イリノイ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81)" title="Беллвилл (Иллинойс) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Беллвилл (Иллинойс)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Illinois)" title="Belleville (Illinois) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Belleville (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville,_Illinois" title="Belleville, Illinois – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Belleville, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81)" title="Белвилл (Иллинойс) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Белвилл (Иллинойс)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville,_Illinois" title="Belleville, Illinois – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Belleville, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Simple English" 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Belleville, Illinois</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Illinois">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" 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data-file-width="387" data-file-height="258" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Clair_County_Illinois_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Belleville_Highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Belleville in St. Clair County, Illinois"><img alt="Location of Belleville in St. Clair County, Illinois" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/St._Clair_County_Illinois_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Belleville_Highlighted.svg/260px-St._Clair_County_Illinois_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Belleville_Highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/St._Clair_County_Illinois_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Belleville_Highlighted.svg/390px-St._Clair_County_Illinois_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Belleville_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/St._Clair_County_Illinois_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Belleville_Highlighted.svg/520px-St._Clair_County_Illinois_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Belleville_Highlighted.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="502" data-file-height="331" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Belleville in St. Clair County, Illinois</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Belleville,_Illinois&params=38_31_18_N_89_59_43_W_type:city(42404)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°31′18″N</span> <span class="longitude">89°59′43″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.52167°N 89.99528°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.52167; -89.99528</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/35px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/46px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Illinois" title="List of counties in Illinois">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_St._Clair_County,_Illinois.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_St._Clair_County%2C_Illinois.svg/25px-Flag_of_St._Clair_County%2C_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_St._Clair_County%2C_Illinois.svg/38px-Flag_of_St._Clair_County%2C_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_St._Clair_County%2C_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_St._Clair_County%2C_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="258" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="St. Clair County, Illinois">St. Clair</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1814</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Patty Gregory</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">23.49 sq mi (60.84 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">23.23 sq mi (60.17 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.26 sq mi (0.67 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">502 ft (153 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">42,404</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,825.16/sq mi (704.71/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a>(s)</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">62220-62223, 62225, 62226</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_618" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 618">618</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">17-163-04858</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2394118<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://belleville.net/">belleville.net</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Belleville</b> is a city in and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="St. Clair County, Illinois">St. Clair County, Illinois</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population was 42,404 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, making it the most populated city in the <a href="/wiki/Metro_East" title="Metro East">Metro East</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Greater_St._Louis" title="Greater St. Louis">Greater St. Louis</a>, and in all of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Illinois" title="Southern Illinois">Southern Illinois</a>. Due to its proximity to <a href="/wiki/Scott_Air_Force_Base" title="Scott Air Force Base">Scott Air Force Base</a>, the city has a significant population of military and federal civilian personnel. It is the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Belleville" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville">Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville</a> and home to the <a href="/wiki/National_Shrine_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Snows" title="National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows">National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bird%27s_Eye_View_of_Belleville,_Illinois.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Bird%27s_Eye_View_of_Belleville%2C_Illinois.jpg/220px-Bird%27s_Eye_View_of_Belleville%2C_Illinois.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Bird%27s_Eye_View_of_Belleville%2C_Illinois.jpg/330px-Bird%27s_Eye_View_of_Belleville%2C_Illinois.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Bird%27s_Eye_View_of_Belleville%2C_Illinois.jpg/440px-Bird%27s_Eye_View_of_Belleville%2C_Illinois.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2192" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>Bird's eye view of Belleville in 1867.</figcaption></figure> <p>George Blair named the city of Belleville in 1814, after the French phrase <i>belle ville</i>, meaning "beautiful city".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because Blair donated an acre of his land for the town square and an additional 25 acres (10 ha) adjoining the square for the new county seat, the legislature transferred the county seat from the village of <a href="/wiki/Cahokia,_Illinois" title="Cahokia, Illinois">Cahokia</a>. The latter had been established by French colonists as a mission village in the late 17th century. </p><p>Belleville was incorporated as a <a href="/wiki/Village" title="Village">village</a> in 1819, and became a <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> in 1850. Major immigration in the mid-19th century to this area occurred following revolutions in Germany, and most of the European-American population is of <a href="/wiki/German_Americans" title="German Americans">German ancestry</a>. Many of the educated Germans fled their homeland after the failure of the <a href="/wiki/The_Revolutions_of_1848_in_the_German_states" class="mw-redirect" title="The Revolutions of 1848 in the German states">German Revolution</a> in 1848. Belleville was the center of the first important German settlement in Illinois. By 1870, an estimated 90% of the city's population was either German-born or of German descent.<sup id="cite_ref-LIMBH_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIMBH-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Civil War, Belleville became a manufacturing center producing nails, printing presses, gray iron castings, agricultural equipment, and stoves. Belleville became known as "The Stove Capital of the World." The first brewery in Illinois was established in Belleville. In 1868, Gustav Goelitz founded the candy company that is known today as "<a href="/wiki/Jelly_Belly" title="Jelly Belly">Jelly Belly</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-LIMBH_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIMBH-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An immense deposit (400,000 acres (1,600 km<sup>2</sup>)) of <a href="/wiki/Bituminous_coal" title="Bituminous coal">bituminous coal</a> was found in St. Clair County. By 1874, some farmers had become coal miners. One hundred <a href="/wiki/Shaft_mining" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaft mining">shaft mines</a> were in operation in and around Belleville. The coal brought the steam railroad to town, which allowed for the transport of many tons of coal to be shipped daily from Belleville to St. Louis on the west side of the Mississippi River, for use in its industries, homes and businesses. Later, Belleville had the first <a href="/wiki/Electric_trolley" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric trolley">electric trolley</a> in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-LIMBH_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIMBH-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bird%27s-eye_view_of_Belleville,_Illinois_LCCN2011649524.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Bird%27s-eye_view_of_Belleville%2C_Illinois_LCCN2011649524.jpg/220px-Bird%27s-eye_view_of_Belleville%2C_Illinois_LCCN2011649524.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Bird%27s-eye_view_of_Belleville%2C_Illinois_LCCN2011649524.jpg/330px-Bird%27s-eye_view_of_Belleville%2C_Illinois_LCCN2011649524.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Bird%27s-eye_view_of_Belleville%2C_Illinois_LCCN2011649524.jpg/440px-Bird%27s-eye_view_of_Belleville%2C_Illinois_LCCN2011649524.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4466" data-file-height="2878" /></a><figcaption>Belleville as it appeared in 1910.</figcaption></figure> <p>The first style of houses in Belleville were simple brick cottages, known locally as "German street houses" or "<a href="/wiki/Row_houses" class="mw-redirect" title="Row houses">row houses</a>." Architectural styles flourished in greater variety, featuring <a href="/wiki/American_Foursquare" title="American Foursquare">American Foursquare</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Second_Empire_style" class="mw-redirect" title="French Second Empire style">French Second Empire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_Revival_architecture" title="Greek Revival architecture">Greek Revival</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture" title="Gothic Revival architecture">Gothic Revival</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italianate_architecture" title="Italianate architecture">Italianate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queen_Anne_style_architecture_in_the_United_States" title="Queen Anne style architecture in the United States">Queen Anne</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Belleville_Historic_District" title="Belleville Historic District">Belleville Historic District</a>, which was listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1976, comprises 73 <a href="/wiki/Contributing_property" title="Contributing property">contributing properties</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "Old Belleville Historic District," was defined and recognized in 1974 and is the city's first historic district.<sup id="cite_ref-VP_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city also has designated two more historic districts: "Hexenbuckel" (est. in 1991) and "Oakland" (est. in 1995).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Belleville's early <a href="/wiki/German_immigrants_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="German immigrants in the United States">German immigrants</a> were educated, with most of them having graduated from German universities. They were nicknamed "<a href="/wiki/Latin_Settlement" title="Latin Settlement">Latin Farmers</a>" because of this. After 1836 <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Koerner" title="Gustav Koerner">Gustav Koerner</a> contributed to establish the city's public library. The Belleville Public Library is the state's oldest, predating the Illinois State Library by three years. The German settlers also founded choral and dramatic groups, as well as literary societies. They established one of the first kindergartens in the country here.<sup id="cite_ref-LIMBH_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIMBH-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VP_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1990, as reported by the Belleville News-Democrat using the US Census data, the city surpassed the neighboring city of East St. Louis to become the most populated city in the Metro East and Southern Illinois.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Civic_League" title="National Civic League">National Civic League</a> recognized Belleville in 2011 as one of the ten recipients of the <a href="/wiki/All-America_City_Award" title="All-America City Award">All-America City Award</a>. Belleville is coterminous with the now defunct Belleville Township.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, residents of the Illinois city elected Patty Gregory as Belleville's first female Mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Belleville is located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Belleville,_Illinois&params=38_31_18_N_89_59_43_W_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°31′18″N</span> <span class="longitude">89°59′43″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.52167°N 89.99528°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.52167; -89.99528</span></span></span></a></span></span> (38.521567, −89.995208).<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the 2010 census, Belleville has a total area of 23.49 square miles (60.84 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 22.74 square miles (58.90 km<sup>2</sup>) (or 98.83%) is land and 0.269 square miles (0.70 km<sup>2</sup>) (or 1.17%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-census-g001_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-g001-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Richland Creek flows through much of Belleville. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Belleville SIU Research, Illinois (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1948–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">110<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">110<br />(43) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.0<br />(17.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.2<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.6<br />(25.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.7<br />(29.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.8<br />(32.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.2<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.3<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.8<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.5<br />(34.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.3<br />(30.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.2<br />(24.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.5<br />(18.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1E00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">98.8<br />(37.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.9<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.6<br />(9.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.2<br />(15.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.6<br />(21.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.1<br />(26.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.3<br />(30.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.2<br />(32.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.1<br />(31.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.3<br />(28.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.6<br />(22.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.1<br />(14.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.3<br />(7.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">68.9<br />(20.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.6<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.3<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.8<br />(8.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.3<br />(14.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.7<br />(19.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.9<br />(24.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.0<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.2<br />(25.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.1<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.7<br />(15.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.5<br />(8.6) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.3<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">57.7<br />(14.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #CFCFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(−4.3) </td> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(−2.2) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.3<br />(2.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.0<br />(7.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.3<br />(13.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.5<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.8<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.3<br />(18.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.9<br />(13.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.7<br />(8.2) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.9<br />(2.7) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(−2.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">46.4<br />(8.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(−16.8) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6<br />(−13.0) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(−8.7) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(−1.8) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.7<br />(4.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.7<br />(10.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.5<br />(13.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.4<br />(11.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFEFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.3<br />(4.6) </td> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(−2.3) </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(−7.8) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(−13.1) </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−1.8<br />(−18.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−27<br />(−33) </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−21<br />(−29) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8<br />(−22) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(−17) </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−19<br />(−28) </td> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−27<br />(−33) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.56<br />(65) </td> <td style="background: #A5FFA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.16<br />(55) </td> <td style="background: #7DFF7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.44<br />(87) </td> <td style="background: #40FF40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.90<br />(124) </td> <td style="background: #40FF40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.05<br />(128) </td> <td style="background: #4AFF4A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.62<br />(117) </td> <td style="background: #67FF67; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.03<br />(102) </td> <td style="background: #69FF69; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.92<br />(100) </td> <td style="background: #7CFF7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.35<br />(85) </td> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.12<br />(79) </td> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.60<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.61<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #73FF73; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">43.36<br />(1,101) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(8.6) </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(2.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.2<br />(28) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #7B7BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5 </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4 </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2 </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">99.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output 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.us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>2,941</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>7,520</td><td></td><td>155.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>8,146</td><td></td><td>8.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>10,683</td><td></td><td>31.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>15,361</td><td></td><td>43.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>17,484</td><td></td><td>13.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>21,122</td><td></td><td>20.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>24,823</td><td></td><td>17.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>28,425</td><td></td><td>14.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>28,405</td><td></td><td>−0.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>32,721</td><td></td><td>15.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>37,264</td><td></td><td>13.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>41,223</td><td></td><td>10.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>41,580</td><td></td><td>0.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>42,785</td><td></td><td>2.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>41,410</td><td></td><td>−3.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>44,478</td><td></td><td>7.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>42,404</td><td></td><td>−4.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">40,726</td><td></td><td>−4.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cathedral_of_Saint_Peter_-_Belleville,_Illinois_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Cathedral_of_Saint_Peter_-_Belleville%2C_Illinois_01.jpg/170px-Cathedral_of_Saint_Peter_-_Belleville%2C_Illinois_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Cathedral_of_Saint_Peter_-_Belleville%2C_Illinois_01.jpg/255px-Cathedral_of_Saint_Peter_-_Belleville%2C_Illinois_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Cathedral_of_Saint_Peter_-_Belleville%2C_Illinois_01.jpg/340px-Cathedral_of_Saint_Peter_-_Belleville%2C_Illinois_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3441" data-file-height="4114" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint_Peter_(Belleville,_Illinois)" title="Cathedral of Saint Peter (Belleville, Illinois)">Cathedral of Saint Peter</a></figcaption></figure> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 United States Census">2000 census</a> there were 41,410 people, 17,603 households, and 10,420 families living in the city. The population density was 2,196.4 inhabitants per square mile (848.0/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 19,142 housing units at an average density of 1,015.3 per square mile (392.0/km<sup>2</sup>). The <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census#2000_census" class="mw-redirect" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States Census">racial makeup</a> of the city was 81.51% White, 15.51% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.81% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.41% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.63%.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 17,603 households 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.8% were non-families. 35.1% of households were one person and 14.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.95. </p><p>The age distribution was 23.4% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males. </p><p>The median household income was $35,979 and the median family income was $46,426. Males had a median income of $33,361 versus $25,375 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,990. About 9.3% of families and 11.7% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the 2010 Census, there were 44,478 people, 18,795 households, 11,081 families living in the city. The population density was. The <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census#2010_census" class="mw-redirect" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States Census">racial makeup</a> of the city was 69.8% White, 25.4% African American, 0.3% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.6% from other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.6% of the population </p><p>Of the 18,795 households 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38% were married couples living together, 16.4 had a female householder with no man present, and 41% were non-families. 34.4% of households were one person and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age of older. The average household size was 2.3 and the average family size was 2.9. </p><p>The age distribution was 23.3% under the age of 18, and 12.9% over the age of 65.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lincoln_Theater,_Belleville,_IL.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Lincoln_Theater%2C_Belleville%2C_IL.jpg/220px-Lincoln_Theater%2C_Belleville%2C_IL.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Lincoln_Theater%2C_Belleville%2C_IL.jpg/330px-Lincoln_Theater%2C_Belleville%2C_IL.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Lincoln_Theater%2C_Belleville%2C_IL.jpg/440px-Lincoln_Theater%2C_Belleville%2C_IL.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2896" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Lincoln Theatre</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Belleville_Philharmonic_Society" title="Belleville Philharmonic Society">Belleville Philharmonic Society</a> was formed in 1866, making it the second oldest philharmonic orchestra in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the increase in the black population and migrants from the South, musicians developed who played <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>; later <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> clubs were added to the scene. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jay_Farrar" title="Jay Farrar">Jay Farrar</a> (now of Son Volt), <a href="/wiki/Mike_Heidorn" title="Mike Heidorn">Mike Heidorn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Tweedy" title="Jeff Tweedy">Jeff Tweedy</a> (now of <a href="/wiki/Wilco" title="Wilco">Wilco</a>) of the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/Alt_country" class="mw-redirect" title="Alt country">alt country</a> group <a href="/wiki/Uncle_Tupelo" title="Uncle Tupelo">Uncle Tupelo</a> are from Belleville. Another major musician was <a href="/wiki/Neal_Doughty" title="Neal Doughty">Neal Doughty</a>, keyboardist for 1970s rock band <a href="/wiki/REO_Speedwagon" title="REO Speedwagon">REO Speedwagon</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Register_of_Historic_Places">National Register of Historic Places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: National Register of Historic Places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belleville_Historic_District" title="Belleville Historic District">Belleville Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustave_Koerner_House" title="Gustave Koerner House">Gustave Koerner House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knobeloch-Seibert_Farm" class="mw-redirect" title="Knobeloch-Seibert Farm">Knobeloch-Seibert Farm</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rowdies_Rugby_Football_Club" title="Rowdies Rugby Football Club">Rowdies Rugby Football Club</a> – the only <a href="/wiki/Rugby_football" title="Rugby football">rugby football</a> club in the Belleville area.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindenwood_Stadium" title="Lindenwood Stadium">Lindenwood Stadium</a> is a <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> stadium with alternating red and gray stripes. It has been called "The nation's most original (hideous) football field."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Belleville was home to the <a href="/wiki/Belleville_Stags" title="Belleville Stags">Belleville Stags</a> (1947–1949), who were a <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">minor league baseball</a> team. The Stags were charter members of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_State_League" title="Illinois State League">Illinois State League</a> and remained when the league changed names to the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi%E2%80%93Ohio_Valley_League" title="Mississippi–Ohio Valley League">Mississippi–Ohio Valley League</a> in 1949, eventually becoming today's <a href="/wiki/Midwest_League" title="Midwest League">Midwest League</a> in 1956. The Stags played at the Belleville Athletic Field and were named and supported by their namesake, <a href="/wiki/Griesedieck_Brothers_beer" title="Griesedieck Brothers beer">Stag Beer</a>. The Stags were an affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (1949) and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> (1947–1948).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Belleville_Township_High_School_District_201" title="Belleville Township High School District 201">Belleville Township High School District 201</a> is the public high school district.<sup id="cite_ref-CensusSDmap2020_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusSDmap2020-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within Belleville are four high schools; namely, the public <a href="/wiki/Belleville_High_School-East" title="Belleville High School-East">Belleville High School-East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belleville_High_School-West" title="Belleville High School-West">Belleville High School-West</a> (of the high school district), and the private <a href="/wiki/Althoff_Catholic_High_School" title="Althoff Catholic High School">Althoff Catholic High School</a> (of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Belleville" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville">Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville</a>), and Governor French Academy. </p><p>In addition, small portions of the city are within these districts: <a href="/wiki/East_St._Louis_School_District_189" title="East St. Louis School District 189">East St. Louis School District 189</a> (which operates <a href="/wiki/East_St._Louis_Senior_High_School" title="East St. Louis Senior High School">East St. Louis Senior High School</a>), <a href="/wiki/Mascoutah_Community_Unit_School_District_19" class="mw-redirect" title="Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19">Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19</a> (which operates <a href="/wiki/Mascoutah_Community_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Mascoutah Community High School">Mascoutah Community High School</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Freeburg_Community_High_School_District_77" class="mw-redirect" title="Freeburg Community High School District 77">Freeburg Community High School District 77</a> (which operates <a href="/wiki/Freeburg_Community_High_School" title="Freeburg Community High School">Freeburg Community High School</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-CensusSDmap2020_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusSDmap2020-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Belleville is also home to numerous <a href="/wiki/List_of_school_districts_in_Illinois" title="List of school districts in Illinois">grade school districts</a>, including <a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville_School_District_118&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belleville School District 118 (page does not exist)">Belleville School District 118</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Belle_Valley_School_District_119&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belle Valley School District 119 (page does not exist)">Belle Valley School District 119</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Harmony_Emge_School_District_175&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harmony Emge School District 175 (page does not exist)">Harmony Emge School District 175</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Signal_Hill_School_District_181&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Signal Hill School District 181 (page does not exist)">Signal Hill School District 181</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Whiteside_School_District_115&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Whiteside School District 115 (page does not exist)">Whiteside School District 115</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Freeburg_Community_Consolidated_School_District_70&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70 (page does not exist)">Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CensusSDmap2020_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusSDmap2020-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parochial grade schools include St. Peter's Cathedral, St. Augustine of Canterbury Church, St. Teresa, Blessed Sacrament, Our Lady Queen of Peace, and Zion Lutheran School.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Catholic schools belong to the diocese. </p><p>Higher education in Belleville includes <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Illinois_College" title="Southwestern Illinois College">Southwestern Illinois College</a>, a public community college. </p><p>The city was formerly home to <a href="/wiki/Lindenwood_University_%E2%80%93_Belleville" title="Lindenwood University – Belleville">Lindenwood University – Belleville</a> from 2009 to 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Belleville_News-Democrat" title="Belleville News-Democrat">Belleville News-Democrat</a></i>, is the city's daily newspaper. <i>The News-Democrat</i> is part of the <a href="/wiki/The_McClatchy_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="The McClatchy Company">McClatchy</a> chain and covers the Metro East region and Southwestern Illinois. The city is also served by the <i><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Post-Dispatch" title="St. Louis Post-Dispatch">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a></i>, the area's major metropolitan daily. Belleville receives the signals of most radio and TV stations based in St. Louis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Former_Illinois_Central_station_in_Belleville,_July_6,_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Former_Illinois_Central_station_in_Belleville%2C_July_6%2C_2013.jpg/220px-Former_Illinois_Central_station_in_Belleville%2C_July_6%2C_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Former_Illinois_Central_station_in_Belleville%2C_July_6%2C_2013.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>Former <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad" title="Illinois Central Railroad">Illinois Central Railroad</a> station</figcaption></figure> <p>Belleville has three <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_MetroLink" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis MetroLink">St. Louis MetroLink</a> stations connecting it to St. Louis and the network via <a href="/wiki/Light_rail" title="Light rail">light rail</a>: <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Hospital_(St._Louis_MetroLink)" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Hospital (St. Louis MetroLink)">Memorial Hospital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belleville_(St._Louis_MetroLink)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belleville (St. Louis MetroLink)">Belleville</a>, and <a href="/wiki/College_(St._Louis_MetroLink)" class="mw-redirect" title="College (St. Louis MetroLink)">College</a>. </p><p>Illinois State Highways <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_15" title="Illinois Route 15">15</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_158" title="Illinois Route 158">158</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_159" title="Illinois Route 159">159</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_177" title="Illinois Route 177">177</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_13" title="Illinois Route 13">13</a> and <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Route_161" title="Illinois Route 161">161</a> all pass through Belleville. Belleville is also adjacent to Interstate highways <a href="/wiki/Interstate_64_in_Illinois" title="Interstate 64 in Illinois">64</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_255" title="Interstate 255">255</a>. I-64 is an east–west highway extending from <a href="/wiki/Wentzville,_Missouri" title="Wentzville, Missouri">Wentzville, Missouri</a> to <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach, Virginia</a> and is the major route from Belleville to downtown St. Louis. I-255 is part of a system of expressways that together form a loop around St. Louis. </p><p>Belleville has a bicycle trail that runs through the city from Southside Park to <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Illinois_College" title="Southwestern Illinois College">Southwestern Illinois College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Air_Force_Base" title="Scott Air Force Base">Scott Air Force Base</a>; it is mainly used for recreational purposes. </p><p>Belleville's area airports are <a href="/wiki/Scott_Air_Force_Base" title="Scott Air Force Base">Scott Air Force Base</a> and <a href="/wiki/MidAmerica_St._Louis_Airport" title="MidAmerica St. Louis Airport">MidAmerica St. Louis Airport</a>, which is served by <a href="/wiki/Allegiant_Air" title="Allegiant Air">Allegiant Air</a>. The nearest major airport with regularly scheduled commercial passenger service is <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Lambert_International_Airport" title="St. Louis Lambert International Airport">St. Louis Lambert International Airport</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bethany Place in Belleville provides services for those with <a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS" title="HIV/AIDS">HIV/AIDS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-plague5_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plague5-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-beast_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beast-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-freeman_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freeman-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bnd_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bnd-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Harrison_Machine_Works_1882_tractor.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Harrison_Machine_Works_1882_tractor.JPG/220px-Harrison_Machine_Works_1882_tractor.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Harrison_Machine_Works_1882_tractor.JPG/330px-Harrison_Machine_Works_1882_tractor.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Harrison_Machine_Works_1882_tractor.JPG/440px-Harrison_Machine_Works_1882_tractor.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>1882 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Harrison_Machine_Works&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harrison Machine Works (page does not exist)">Harrison Machine Works</a> tractor, made in Belleville</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Belleville,_Illinois" title="List of people from Belleville, Illinois">List of people from Belleville, Illinois</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ninian_Edwards" title="Ninian Edwards">Ninian Edwards</a> (1775–1833), 3rd <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Governor of Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reynolds_(Illinois_politician)" title="John Reynolds (Illinois politician)">John Reynolds</a> (1788–1865), 4th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Governor of Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Bissell" title="William Henry Bissell">William Henry Bissell</a> (1811–1860), 11th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Governor of Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Beaver" title="Black Beaver">Black Beaver</a> (1806–1880), Delaware Native American leader, scout, and rancher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Romyn_Dake" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Romyn Dake">Charles Romyn Dake</a>, 19th-century American homeopathic physician and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lea_DeLaria" title="Lea DeLaria">Lea DeLaria</a>, American comedian, actress, and jazz singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Ebsen" title="Buddy Ebsen">Buddy Ebsen</a>, American actor and dancer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Farrar" title="Jay Farrar">Jay Farrar</a>, American songwriter and musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Lynne_Gasaway_Hill" title="Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill">Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill</a>, poet, writer, professor at <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_University,_Texas" title="St. Mary's University, Texas">St. Mary's University, Texas</a> and Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Arts" title="Royal Society of Arts">Royal Society of Arts</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Goalby" title="Bob Goalby">Bob Goalby</a>, Professional golfer, winner of the <a href="/wiki/1968_Masters_Tournament" title="1968 Masters Tournament">1968 Masters Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Holthaus" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas Holthaus">Nicholas Holthaus</a>, American writer, documentarian, musician and media producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Magnus" title="Sandra Magnus">Sandra Magnus</a>, American engineer and a former NASA astronaut</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darius_Miles" title="Darius Miles">Darius Miles</a>, former American professional basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_T._Mitchell" title="James T. Mitchell">James T. Mitchell</a> (1834–1915), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_P._Petri" title="Edward P. Petri">Edward P. Petri</a>, Illinois state representative, sheriff, and businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Richmond" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Ellen Richmond">Mary Ellen Richmond</a>, constructed the foundations for the scientific methodology development of professional social work and is considered as the mother of social casework.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Tweedy" title="Jeff Tweedy">Jeff Tweedy</a>, musician, songwriter, author, and record producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Von_Erich" title="Kevin Von Erich">Kevin Von Erich</a>, an American retired professional wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_R._Wigginton" title="Stephen R. Wigginton">Stephen R. Wigginton</a>, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois from 2010 to 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Connors" title="Jimmy Connors">Jimmy Connors</a>, American former world No. 1 tennis player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Bone_(personality)" title="Ken Bone (personality)">Ken Bone</a>, Internet Personality</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_city">Sister city</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sister city"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Belleville has one <a href="/wiki/Sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Sister cities">sister city</a>: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Paderborn" title="Paderborn">Paderborn</a>, Germany<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belleville,_Illinois&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 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Illinois">O'Fallon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities (5,000-25,000)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bethalto,_Illinois" title="Bethalto, Illinois">Bethalto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cahokia_Heights,_Illinois" title="Cahokia Heights, Illinois">Cahokia Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlinville,_Illinois" title="Carlinville, Illinois">Carlinville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collinsville,_Illinois" title="Collinsville, Illinois">Collinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Illinois" title="Columbia, Illinois">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Alton,_Illinois" title="East Alton, Illinois">East Alton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_St._Louis,_Illinois" title="East St. Louis, Illinois">East St. Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairview_Heights,_Illinois" title="Fairview Heights, 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title="South Central Illinois Mass Transit District">South Central Illinois Mass Transit District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County_Transit_District" title="St. Clair County Transit District">St. Clair County Transit District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alton_station_(Illinois)" title="Alton station (Illinois)">Alton station</a></li> <li>Belleville station <i>(former)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System" title="Interstate Highway System">Interstates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Interstate_55" 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href="/wiki/Florissant,_Missouri" title="Florissant, Missouri">Florissant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%27Fallon,_Missouri" title="O'Fallon, Missouri">O'Fallon (Missouri)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Charles,_Missouri" title="St. Charles, Missouri">St. Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Peters,_Missouri" title="St. Peters, Missouri">St. Peters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medium-sized cities<br />(over 20,000 in <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Affton,_Missouri" title="Affton, Missouri">Affton CDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alton,_Illinois" title="Alton, Illinois">Alton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold,_Missouri" title="Arnold, Missouri">Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballwin,_Missouri" title="Ballwin, Missouri">Ballwin</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Belleville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cahokia_Heights,_Illinois" title="Cahokia Heights, Illinois">Cahokia Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collinsville,_Illinois" title="Collinsville, Illinois">Collinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwardsville,_Illinois" title="Edwardsville, Illinois">Edwardsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granite_City,_Illinois" title="Granite City, Illinois">Granite City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazelwood,_Missouri" title="Hazelwood, Missouri">Hazelwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkwood,_Missouri" title="Kirkwood, Missouri">Kirkwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Heights,_Missouri" title="Maryland Heights, Missouri">Maryland Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehlville,_Missouri" title="Mehlville, Missouri">Mehlville CDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakville,_Missouri" title="Oakville, Missouri">Oakville CDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%27Fallon,_Illinois" title="O'Fallon, Illinois">O'Fallon (Illinois)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_City,_Missouri" title="University City, Missouri">University City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webster_Groves,_Missouri" title="Webster Groves, Missouri">Webster Groves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wentzville,_Missouri" title="Wentzville, Missouri">Wentzville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildwood,_Missouri" title="Wildwood, Missouri">Wildwood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Largest towns<br />and villages<br />(over 10,000 in <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellefontaine_Neighbors,_Missouri" title="Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri">Bellefontaine Neighbors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgeton,_Missouri" title="Bridgeton, Missouri">Bridgeton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton,_Missouri" title="Clayton, Missouri">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Illinois" title="Columbia, Illinois">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_Missouri" title="Concord, Missouri">Concord CDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crestwood,_Missouri" title="Crestwood, Missouri">Crestwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creve_Coeur,_Missouri" title="Creve Coeur, Missouri">Creve Coeur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dardenne_Prairie,_Missouri" title="Dardenne Prairie, Missouri">Dardenne Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_St._Louis,_Illinois" title="East St. Louis, Illinois">East St. Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairview_Heights,_Illinois" title="Fairview Heights, Illinois">Fairview Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmington,_Missouri" title="Farmington, Missouri">Farmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferguson,_Missouri" title="Ferguson, Missouri">Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Festus,_Missouri" title="Festus, Missouri">Festus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Carbon,_Illinois" title="Glen Carbon, Illinois">Glen Carbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godfrey,_Illinois" title="Godfrey, Illinois">Godfrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland,_Illinois" title="Highland, Illinois">Highland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennings,_Missouri" title="Jennings, Missouri">Jennings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_St._Louis,_Missouri" title="Lake St. Louis, Missouri">Lake St. Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemay,_Missouri" title="Lemay, Missouri">Lemay CDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Missouri" title="Manchester, Missouri">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overland,_Missouri" title="Overland, Missouri">Overland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Jamestown,_Missouri" title="Old Jamestown, Missouri">Old Jamestown CDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Ann,_Missouri" title="St. Ann, Missouri">St. Ann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiloh,_Illinois" title="Shiloh, Illinois">Shiloh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Lake,_Missouri" title="Spanish Lake, Missouri">Spanish Lake CDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea,_Illinois" title="Swansea, Illinois">Swansea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_and_Country,_Missouri" title="Town and Country, Missouri">Town and Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy,_Illinois" title="Troy, Illinois">Troy (Illinois)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy,_Missouri" title="Troy, Missouri">Troy (Missouri)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union,_Missouri" title="Union, Missouri">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_Missouri" title="Washington, Missouri">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo,_Illinois" title="Waterloo, Illinois">Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_River,_Illinois" title="Wood River, Illinois">Wood River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Missouri counties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Missouri" title="Franklin County, Missouri">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Missouri" title="Jefferson County, Missouri">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Missouri" title="Lincoln County, Missouri">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Charles_County,_Missouri" title="St. Charles County, Missouri">St. Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Francois_County,_Missouri" title="St. Francois County, Missouri">St. Francois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_County,_Missouri" title="St. Louis County, Missouri">St. Louis County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Missouri" title="Warren County, Missouri">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Missouri" title="Washington County, Missouri">Washington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Illinois counties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bond_County,_Illinois" title="Bond County, Illinois">Bond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Illinois" title="Calhoun County, Illinois">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Illinois" title="Clinton County, Illinois">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_County,_Illinois" title="Jersey County, Illinois">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macoupin_County,_Illinois" title="Macoupin County, Illinois">Macoupin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Illinois" title="Madison County, Illinois">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Illinois" title="Monroe County, Illinois">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="St. Clair County, Illinois">St. Clair</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Subregions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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County, Illinois</span></a>, <span class="country-name">United States</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span>Belleville</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City_(Illinois)" class="mw-redirect" title="City (Illinois)">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Belleville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cahokia_Heights,_Illinois" title="Cahokia Heights, Illinois">Cahokia Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collinsville,_Illinois" title="Collinsville, Illinois">Collinsville</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Illinois" title="Columbia, Illinois">Columbia</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_St._Louis,_Illinois" title="East St. Louis, Illinois">East St. Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairview_Heights,_Illinois" title="Fairview Heights, Illinois">Fairview Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Illinois" title="Lebanon, Illinois">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Illinois" title="Madison, Illinois">Madison</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mascoutah,_Illinois" title="Mascoutah, Illinois">Mascoutah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%27Fallon,_Illinois" title="O'Fallon, Illinois">O'Fallon</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of Illinois highlighting St. Clair County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg/42px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg/63px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg/84px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></span><figcaption>Map of Illinois highlighting St. Clair County</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Village_(Illinois)" class="mw-redirect" title="Village (Illinois)">Villages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn,_Illinois" title="Brooklyn, Illinois">Brooklyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caseyville,_Illinois" title="Caseyville, Illinois">Caseyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dupo,_Illinois" title="Dupo, Illinois">Dupo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Carondelet,_Illinois" title="East Carondelet, Illinois">East Carondelet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairmont_City,_Illinois" title="Fairmont City, Illinois">Fairmont City</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_Illinois" title="Fayetteville, Illinois">Fayetteville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeburg,_Illinois" title="Freeburg, Illinois">Freeburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hecker,_Illinois" title="Hecker, Illinois">Hecker</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenzburg,_Illinois" title="Lenzburg, Illinois">Lenzburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marissa,_Illinois" title="Marissa, Illinois">Marissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millstadt,_Illinois" title="Millstadt, Illinois">Millstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Athens,_Illinois" title="New Athens, Illinois">New Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Baden,_Illinois" title="New Baden, Illinois">New Baden</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sauget,_Illinois" title="Sauget, Illinois">Sauget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiloh,_Illinois" title="Shiloh, Illinois">Shiloh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithton,_Illinois" title="Smithton, Illinois">Smithton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Libory,_Illinois" title="St. Libory, Illinois">St. Libory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summerfield,_Illinois" title="Summerfield, Illinois">Summerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea,_Illinois" title="Swansea, Illinois">Swansea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Park,_Illinois" title="Washington Park, Illinois">Washington Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Civil_township" title="Civil township">Townships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canteen_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Canteen Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Canteen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caseyville_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Caseyville Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Caseyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centreville_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Centreville Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Centreville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engelmann_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Engelmann Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Engelmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Fayetteville Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Fayetteville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeburg_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Freeburg Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Freeburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Lebanon Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenzburg_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Lenzburg Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Lenzburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marissa_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Marissa Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Marissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mascoutah_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Mascoutah Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Mascoutah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millstadt_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Millstadt Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Millstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Athens_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="New Athens Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">New Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%27Fallon_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="O'Fallon Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">O’Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prairie_du_Long_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Prairie du Long Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Prairie du Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiloh_Valley_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Shiloh Valley Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Shiloh Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithton_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Smithton Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Smithton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="St. Clair Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">St. Clair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stites_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Stites Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Stites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stookey_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Stookey Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Stookey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugarloaf_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Sugarloaf Township, St. Clair County, Illinois">Sugarloaf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darmstadt,_Illinois" title="Darmstadt, Illinois">Darmstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floraville,_Illinois" title="Floraville, Illinois">Floraville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paderborn,_Illinois" title="Paderborn, Illinois">Paderborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rentchler,_Illinois" title="Rentchler, Illinois">Rentchler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Air_Force_Base" title="Scott Air Force Base">Scott AFB</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Other <br /> unincorporated <br /> communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birkner,_Illinois" title="Birkner, Illinois">Birkner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas,_St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="Douglas, St. Clair County, Illinois">Douglas</a></li> <li><a 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Illinois">Bond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Illinois" title="Calhoun County, Illinois">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Illinois" title="Clay County, Illinois">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Illinois" title="Clinton County, Illinois">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Illinois" title="Edwards County, Illinois">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Illinois" title="Franklin County, Illinois">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallatin_County,_Illinois" title="Gallatin County, Illinois">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Illinois" title="Hamilton County, Illinois">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Illinois" title="Hardin County, Illinois">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Illinois" title="Jackson County, Illinois">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Illinois" title="Jefferson County, Illinois">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a 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Illinois">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richland_County,_Illinois" title="Richland County, Illinois">Richland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saline_County,_Illinois" title="Saline County, Illinois">Saline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="St. Clair County, Illinois">St. Clair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Illinois" title="Union County, Illinois">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabash_County,_Illinois" title="Wabash County, Illinois">Wabash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Illinois" title="Washington County, Illinois">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_Illinois" title="Wayne County, Illinois">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_County,_Illinois" title="White County, Illinois">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamson_County,_Illinois" title="Williamson County, Illinois">Williamson</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="11" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span 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selflink">Belleville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbondale,_Illinois" title="Carbondale, Illinois">Carbondale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collinsville,_Illinois" title="Collinsville, Illinois">Collinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwardsville,_Illinois" title="Edwardsville, Illinois">Edwardsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granite_City,_Illinois" title="Granite City, Illinois">Granite City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%27Fallon,_Illinois" title="O'Fallon, Illinois">O'Fallon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Small cities (10,000-25,000)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cahokia_Heights,_Illinois" title="Cahokia Heights, Illinois">Cahokia Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centralia,_Illinois" title="Centralia, Illinois">Centralia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_St._Louis,_Illinois" title="East St. Louis, Illinois">East St. Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairview_Heights,_Illinois" title="Fairview Heights, Illinois">Fairview Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Carbon,_Illinois" title="Glen Carbon, Illinois">Glen Carbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godfrey,_Illinois" title="Godfrey, Illinois">Godfrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herrin,_Illinois" title="Herrin, Illinois">Herrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Illinois" title="Marion, Illinois">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Illinois" title="Mount Vernon, Illinois">Mt. Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea,_Illinois" title="Swansea, Illinois">Swansea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_River,_Illinois" title="Wood River, Illinois">Wood River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Small cities (5,000-10,000)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anna,_Illinois" title="Anna, Illinois">Anna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton,_Illinois" title="Benton, Illinois">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethalto,_Illinois" title="Bethalto, Illinois">Bethalto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmi,_Illinois" title="Carmi, Illinois">Carmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carterville,_Illinois" title="Carterville, Illinois">Carterville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester,_Illinois" title="Chester, Illinois">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Illinois" title="Columbia, Illinois">Columbia</a></li> <li><a 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title="Murphysboro, Illinois">Murphysboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olney,_Illinois" title="Olney, Illinois">Olney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinckneyville,_Illinois" title="Pinckneyville, Illinois">Pinckneyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontoon_Beach,_Illinois" title="Pontoon Beach, Illinois">Pontoon Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Illinois" title="Salem, Illinois">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiloh,_Illinois" title="Shiloh, Illinois">Shiloh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staunton,_Illinois" title="Staunton, Illinois">Staunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy,_Illinois" title="Troy, Illinois">Troy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Park,_Illinois" title="Washington Park, Illinois">Washington Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo,_Illinois" title="Waterloo, Illinois">Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Frankfort,_Illinois" title="West Frankfort, Illinois">West Frankfort</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transit systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County_Mass_Transit_District" title="Jackson County Mass Transit District">Jackson County Mass Transit District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County_Transit" title="Madison County Transit">Madison County Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rides_Mass_Transit_District" title="Rides Mass Transit District">Rides Mass Transit District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Central_Illinois_Mass_Transit_District" title="South Central Illinois Mass Transit District">South Central Illinois Mass Transit District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County_Transit_District" title="St. Clair County Transit District">St. Clair County Transit District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> stations</th><td 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