A town of 41,370, settled in 1814. Home to 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
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1867 · Belleville, St. Clair Co., Illinois 186724 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 6 places on the National Register.
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Ordered by what stands out in Belleville. Another town gets a different order.
Belleville beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12.
| What stands out | Belleville | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8% | 9.9% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.7% | 7.8% |
The typical Belleville home is worth about $160,000, up 1.4% in a year, 46% below the Illinois typical home.
4.6 miles of trails across 17 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bicentennial Park | 1.5 mi | 49 |
| 2. Bellevue Park | 1.2 mi | 21 |
| 3. Laderman Park | 1 mi | 31 |
About one in 5 of Belleville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (12%), O'Fallon (5%) and Fairview Heights (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.
Belleville reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 80% report less.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities.
Belleville has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 23°, and about 11 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
The public schools Belleville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 61% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Valley School | PK–8 | 997 | B− |
| Abraham Lincoln Elem School | K–6 | 542 | C |
| Union Elem School | K–6 | 432 | B |
| Westhaven Elementary | K–6 | 313 | B− |
| Jefferson Elem School | PK–6 | 293 | B |
| Signal Hill Elem School | PK–8 | 291 | B− |
1906
Heinzelman Bros. Carriage Co. ("American medical directory", 1906 advert)
Photo · Wikimedia Commons. A different picture from Belleville’s archive appears here every day.
See all 24 archive items →6 places in Belleville on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Illinois, United States
Belleville is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It is a southeastern suburb of St. Louis. The population was 42,404 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous city in Greater St. Louis's Metro East region and in all of Southern Illinois south of Springfield. Due to its proximity to Scott Air Force Base, the city has a significant population of military and federal civilian personnel. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville and home to the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows.
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10 towns share a border with Belleville.
