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Belmont’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Belmont. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Belmont Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,410 and it contained 1,139 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,610 to 2,410 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1960.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Belmont yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Belmont’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Belmont

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PCP. C. CastWatseka · 3 miGeorge AdeGeorge AdeKentland · 14 miHBHenry BaconWatseka · 3 miRex EverhartRex EverhartWatseka · 3 miCBCharles BrownOnarga · 14 miFern AndraFern AndraWatseka · 3 mi
By decade

Belmont, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Belmont is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Belmont has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Old Iroquois County Courthouse in Watseka, 3.4 miles away.

Belmont and the nearest listed places

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Old Iroquois County CourthouseWatseka Downtown Historic DistrictWatseka Union DepotPrairie Dell MeetinghouseGlenwood SchoolNewton County Courthouse

Closest to Belmont

Old Iroquois County CourthouseWatseka · Building3.4miWatseka Downtown Historic DistrictWatseka · District3.4miWatseka Union DepotWatseka · Building3.5miPrairie Dell MeetinghouseConcord · Meetinghouse7.6miGlenwood SchoolAsh Grove · Building12mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Old Iroquois County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Belmont?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Belmont’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Woodland📜 Watseka📜 Middleport📜 Crescent
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