Belleville, Illinois

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George Blair named the city of Belleville in 1814, after the French phrase belle ville, meaning "beautiful city".{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028805948/page/182/mode/2up |title=History of St. Clair County, Illinois. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers |publisher=Brink McDonough & Co. |year=1881 |location=Philadelphia |pages=183}} Because Blair donated an acre of his land for the town square and an additional {{convert|25|acre|ha}} adjoining the square for the new county seat, the legislature transferred the county seat from the village of Cahokia. The latter had been established by French colonists as a mission village in the late 17th century.

Belleville was incorporated as a village in 1819, and became a city 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 German ancestry. Many of the educated Germans fled their homeland after the failure of the German Revolution 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.[http://www.laborandindustrymuseum.org/BellevilleHistory.shtml "Labor and Industry Museum"], Labor and Industry Museum: Belleville History, accessed December 1, 2010]

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 "Jelly Belly."

An immense deposit ({{convert|400000|acre|km2}}) of bituminous coal was found in St. Clair County. By 1874, some farmers had become coal miners. One hundred shaft mines 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 electric trolley in the state.

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The first style of houses in Belleville were simple brick cottages, known locally as "German street houses" or "row houses." Architectural styles flourished in greater variety, featuring American Foursquare, French Second Empire, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, and Victorian. The Belleville Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, comprises 73 contributing properties.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

The "Old Belleville Historic District," was defined and recognized in 1974 and is the city's first historic district.[http://www.villageprofile.com/illinois/belleville/belleville.html "Village Profile"], Village Profile: History and Culture, 1997, accessed 1 December 2010] The city also has designated two more historic districts: "Hexenbuckel" (est. in 1991) and "Oakland" (est. in 1995).[http://www.laborandindustrymuseum.org/OtherHistoricResources.shtml "Labor and Industry Museum"], Labor and Industry Museum: Other Historic Resources, accessed December 1, 2010

Belleville's early German immigrants were educated, with most of them having graduated from German universities. They were nicknamed "Latin Farmers" because of this. After 1836 Gustav Koerner 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.

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.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-belleville-news-democrat-belleville/131983526/ | title=Belleville passes East St Louis to become the most populated city in the Metro East | newspaper=The Belleville News-Democrat | date=September 24, 1991 | page=1 }}

The National Civic League recognized Belleville in 2011 as one of the ten recipients of the All-America City Award. Belleville is coterminous with the now defunct Belleville Township.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/belleville/article150703982.html|title=Belleville officially takes over township's duties|work=bnd|access-date=September 7, 2017}}

Major employers within the city limits include Protestant Memorial Medical Center (dba Memorial Hospital), Empire Comfort Systems, Peerless Premier Appliance, Allsup, Belleville Boot Company, Illinois American Water (corporate office, quality control and research laboratory), Permobil US, Roesch Inc., Beno J. Gundlach Co., Chelar Tool & Die, International Paper, Triple Sticks Food Inc., Kaskaskia Engineering, and Mathis Marifian & Richter Ltd.

In 2021, residents of the Illinois city elected Patty Gregory as Belleville's first female Mayor.{{cite news|url=https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/election/article250434036.html|title=Gregory looks forward to serving as first female mayor in Belleville's 207 years|first=Mike|last=Koziatek|publisher=Belleville News and Democrat|date=April 7, 2021|accessdate=April 7, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ofallon-mo-mayor-prevails-maplewood-elects-first-black-mayor/article_a2939482-d94a-5ede-8b1c-a35e0239b163.html|title=Maplewood, Alton elect first Black mayors; Belleville elects first woman mayor in upsets to local incumbents|first=Nassim|last=Benchaabane|publisher=St. Louis Dispatch|date=April 7, 2021|accessdate=April 7, 2021}}

Belleville is located at {{coord|38|31|18|N|89|59|43|W|type:city}} (38.521567, −89.995208).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}

According to the 2010 census, Belleville has a total area of {{convert|23.49|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|22.74|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 98.83%) is land and {{convert|0.269|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 1.17%) is water.{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1704845 |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1 |access-date=December 25, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213063114/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1704845 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead}} Richland Creek flows through much of Belleville.

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|Jan avg record high F = 64.0

|Feb avg record high F = 70.2

|Mar avg record high F = 78.6

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|year avg record high F = 98.8

| Jan high F = 42.9

| Feb high F = 48.6

| Mar high F = 59.2

| Apr high F = 70.6

| May high F = 79.1

| Jun high F = 87.3

| Jul high F = 90.2

| Aug high F = 89.1

| Sep high F = 83.3

| Oct high F = 72.6

| Nov high F = 58.1

| Dec high F = 46.3

| year high F = 68.9

| Jan mean F = 33.6

| Feb mean F = 38.3

| Mar mean F = 47.8

| Apr mean F = 58.3

| May mean F = 67.7

| Jun mean F = 75.9

| Jul mean F = 79.0

| Aug mean F = 77.2

| Sep mean F = 70.1

| Oct mean F = 59.7

| Nov mean F = 47.5

| Dec mean F = 37.3

| year mean F = 57.7

| Jan low F = 24.3

| Feb low F = 28.0

| Mar low F = 36.3

| Apr low F = 46.0

| May low F = 56.3

| Jun low F = 64.5

| Jul low F = 67.8

| Aug low F = 65.3

| Sep low F = 56.9

| Oct low F = 46.7

| Nov low F = 36.9

| Dec low F = 28.3

| year low F = 46.4

|Jan avg record low F = 1.7

|Feb avg record low F = 8.6

|Mar avg record low F = 16.3

|Apr avg record low F = 28.7

|May avg record low F = 39.7

|Jun avg record low F = 50.7

|Jul avg record low F = 56.5

|Aug avg record low F = 53.4

|Sep avg record low F = 40.3

|Oct avg record low F = 27.8

|Nov avg record low F = 18.0

|Dec avg record low F = 8.4

|year avg record low F = -1.8

| Jan record low F = −27

| Feb record low F = −21

| Mar record low F = −8

| Apr record low F = 18

| May record low F = 28

| Jun record low F = 38

| Jul record low F = 43

| Aug record low F = 39

| Sep record low F = 26

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| Nov record low F = 2

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| year record low F = -27

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| Jan precipitation inch = 2.56

| Feb precipitation inch = 2.16

| Mar precipitation inch = 3.44

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| Oct precipitation inch = 3.12

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| Dec precipitation inch = 2.61

| year precipitation inch = 43.36

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| Feb precipitation days = 7.5

| Mar precipitation days = 9.5

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| Jul precipitation days = 7.4

| Aug precipitation days = 7.2

| Sep precipitation days = 6.6

| Oct precipitation days = 8.4

| Nov precipitation days = 7.7

| Dec precipitation days = 7.7

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| Jan snow days = 2.2

| Feb snow days = 1.9

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| Sep snow days = 0.0

| Oct snow days = 0.0

| Nov snow days = 0.4

| Dec snow days = 1.9

| year snow days = 7.0

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{{US Census population

| 1850 = 2941

| 1860 = 7520

| 1870 = 8146

| 1880 = 10683

| 1890 = 15361

| 1900 = 17484

| 1910 = 21122

| 1920 = 24823

| 1930 = 28425

| 1940 = 28405

| 1950 = 32721

| 1960 = 37264

| 1970 = 41223

| 1980 = 41580

| 1990 = 42785

| 2000 = 41410

| 2010 = 44478

| 2020 = 42404

| estyear = 2023

| estimate = 40726

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| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bellevillecityillinois/POP010210|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Belleville city, Illinois|website=www.census.gov|language=en|access-date=January 3, 2020}}

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At the 2000 census there were 41,410 people, 17,603 households, and 10,420 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,196.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|adj=off}}. There were 19,142 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,015.3|/sqmi|/km2|adj=off}}. The racial makeup 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%.{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}

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.

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.

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 poverty line, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.

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 racial makeup 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

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.

The age distribution was 23.3% under the age of 18, and 12.9% over the age of 65.{{cite web|url = https://www.census.gov|website = United States Census Bureau|title = Belleville, Illinois|access-date = October 28, 2018}}

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The Belleville Philharmonic Society was formed in 1866, making it the second oldest philharmonic orchestra in the country.[http://www.bellphil.com/ Belleville Philharmonic Society Symphony Orchestra] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111130629/http://www.bellphil.com/ |date=November 11, 2007 }} With the increase in the black population and migrants from the South, musicians developed who played blues and jazz; later rock clubs were added to the scene.

Jay Farrar (now of Son Volt), Mike Heidorn, and Jeff Tweedy (now of Wilco) of the now-defunct alt country group Uncle Tupelo are from Belleville. Another major musician was Neal Doughty, keyboardist for 1970s rock band REO Speedwagon.

• Belleville Historic District
• Gustave Koerner House
• Knobeloch-Seibert Farm

• Rowdies Rugby Football Club – the only rugby football club in the Belleville area.
• Lindenwood Stadium is a college football stadium with alternating red and gray stripes. It has been called "The nation's most original (hideous) football field."{{cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/naia-school-unveils-nation-most-original-hideous-football-162913677--ncaaf.html|work=Yahoo Sports|title=NAIA school unveils the nation's most original football field|date=July 11, 2012|first=Graham|last=Watson|access-date=September 7, 2012}}
• Belleville was home to the Belleville Stags (1947–1949), who were a minor league baseball team. The Stags were charter members of the Illinois State League and remained when the league changed names to the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League in 1949, eventually becoming today's Midwest League in 1956. The Stags played at the Belleville Athletic Field and were named and supported by their namesake, Stag Beer. The Stags were an affiliate of the New York Yankees (1949) and St. Louis Browns (1947–1948).{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi|title=Belleville, Illinois Encyclopedia|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}

Belleville Township High School District 201 is the public high school district.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st17_il/schooldistrict_maps/c17163_st_clair/DC20SD_C17163.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: St. Clair County, IL|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=June 18, 2024}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st17_il/schooldistrict_maps/c17163_st_clair/DC20SD_C17163_SD2MS.txt Text list]

Within Belleville are four high schools; namely, the public Belleville High School-East and Belleville High School-West (of the high school district), and the private Althoff Catholic High School (of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville), and Governor French Academy.

In addition, small portions of the city are within these districts: East St. Louis School District 189 (which operates East St. Louis Senior High School), Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19 (which operates Mascoutah Community High School), and Freeburg Community High School District 77 (which operates Freeburg Community High School).

Belleville is also home to numerous grade school districts, including Belleville School District 118, Belle Valley School District 119, Harmony Emge School District 175, Signal Hill School District 181, Whiteside School District 115, and Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70.

Parochial grade schools include St. Teresa Catholic, Blessed Sacrament Catholic, Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic, and Zion Lutheran School.[http://www.stclair.k12.il.us "St. Clair County Regional Office of Education"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221004750/http://www.stclair.k12.il.us/ |date=February 21, 2009}}, St. Clair County Regional Office of Education, 12/2010, accessed December 15, 2010 The Catholic schools belong to the diocese.

Higher education in Belleville includes Southwestern Illinois College, a public community college with its main campus adjacent to the city limits in unincorporated St. Clair Township. The city was formerly home to Lindenwood University – Belleville from 2009 to 2020.

The Belleville News-Democrat, is the city's daily newspaper. The News-Democrat is part of the McClatchy chain and covers the Metro East region and Southwestern Illinois. The city is also served by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the area's major metropolitan daily. Belleville receives the signals of most radio and TV stations based in St. Louis.

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Belleville has three St. Louis MetroLink stations connecting it to St. Louis and the network via light rail: Memorial Hospital, Belleville, and College.

Illinois State Highways 15, 158, 159, 177, 13 and 161 all pass through Belleville. Belleville is also adjacent to Interstate highways 64 and 255. I-64 is an east–west highway extending from Wentzville, Missouri to Virginia Beach, Virginia 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.

Belleville has a bicycle trail that runs through the city from Southside Park to Southwestern Illinois College and Scott Air Force Base; it is mainly used for recreational purposes.

Belleville's area airports are Scott Air Force Base and MidAmerica St. Louis Airport, which is served by Allegiant Air. The nearest major airport with regularly scheduled commercial passenger service is St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

Bethany Place in Belleville provides services for those with HIV/AIDS.{{cite podcast |url= https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/12/29/catholic-sister-learns-serve-people-aids |title= A Catholic Sister learns to serve people with AIDS |website= Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS & the Catholic Church |publisher=America |host= Michael O'Loughlin |date= December 29, 2019|access-date= January 10, 2019}}{{cite news | url = https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-catholic-nun-who-came-to-new-york-to-confront-the-aids-crisis |title = The Catholic Nun Who Came to New York to Confront the AIDS Crisis | first = Michael | last = O'Loughlin |date= January 21, 2019|access-date= January 10, 2019}}{{Cite news | url = https://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/old-newsboys-day/news/bethany-place-provides-a-new-kind-of-home/article_3d76d86e-421f-5eb6-b8d9-dcbd5a02661a.html | title = Bethany Place provides a new kind of home | first = Brittany | last = Freeman | date = November 20, 2014 | access-date = January 10, 2019}}{{Cite news | url = https://www.bnd.com/living/helping-others/article191547569.html | title = Bethany Place assists metro-east residents who have HIV or AIDS | first = Heidi | last = Weichert | date = December 30, 2017 | newspaper = Belleville News-Democrat | access-date = January 10, 2019}}

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{{Main|List of people from Belleville, Illinois}}

• Ninian Edwards (1775–1833), 3rd Governor of Illinois
• John Reynolds (1788–1865), 4th Governor of Illinois
• William Henry Bissell (1811–1860), 11th Governor of Illinois
• Black Beaver (1806–1880), Lenape leader, scout, and rancher
• Charles Romyn Dake, 19th-century American homeopathic physician and writer
• Lea DeLaria, American comedian, actress, and jazz singer
• Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer
• Jay Farrar, American songwriter and musician
• Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill, poet, writer, professor at St. Mary's University, Texas and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts{{cite web |url= https://www.stmarytx.edu/2020/royal-society/ |title=English professor named Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce|date=June 24, 2020 |publisher=St. Mary's University, Texas on June 24, 2020. |access-date=October 12, 2021}}
• Bob Goalby, Professional golfer, winner of the 1968 Masters Tournament
• Nicholas Holthaus, American writer, documentarian, musician and media producer
• Sandra Magnus, American engineer and a former NASA astronaut
• Darius Miles, former American professional basketball player
• James T. Mitchell (1834–1915), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Edward P. Petri, Illinois state representative, sheriff, and businessman
• Mary Ellen Richmond, constructed the foundations for the scientific methodology development of professional social work, notable as the "mother of social casework"{{cite web |url= https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/social-work/richmond-mary/ |title=Mary Ellen Richmond (1861-1928) – Social Work Pioneer, Administrator, Researcher and Author |date=January 21, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2023}}
• Jeff Tweedy, musician, songwriter, author, and record producer
• Kevin Von Erich, an American retired professional wrestler
• Stephen R. Wigginton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois from 2010 to 2015.{{cite journal|last=Dionne|first=Matthew S.|title=Someone you should know: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois|journal=The Public Servant|volume=14|issue=2|publisher=Illinois State Bar Association |url=https://www.isba.org/committees/governmentlawyers/newsletter/2012/12/someoneyoushouldknowstephenrwiggint}}
• Jimmy Connors, American former world No. 1 tennis player
• Ken Bone, internet personality

Belleville has one sister city:

• {{flagicon|GER}} Paderborn, Germany[http://www.bellevillechamber.org/city/sister/index.asp Belleville Sister Cities, Inc] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324035956/http://www.bellevillechamber.org/city/sister/index.asp |date=March 24, 2008 }} is the organization which fosters the relationship between the two cities.

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• {{Official website|http://www.belleville.net/}}
• [http://bellevillehistoricalsociety.org/ The Belleville Historical Society]
• {{cite web |url=http://belleville200.org/ |title=Belleville Bicentennial Celebration |year=2013 |publisher=City of Belleville, Illinois |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905213327/http://belleville200.org/ |archive-date=September 5, 2014 }}

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