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Bellevue is a village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,978 at the 2010 census . Bellevue is a suburb of Peoria and is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area .
It was reported in 2004 that Peerless-Premier received a grant of $44,000 from the State of Illinois for employee training based on 2003 revenues of $55,555,555. [ 10 ] In 2005 Peerless-Premier laid off 100 of its 250 workers in Belleville, IL and moved the jobs to Clinton, KY citing more favorable wages and competition from Mexico.
According to the 2020 United States census, Illinois is the 6th most populous state with 12,812,508 inhabitants but the 24th largest by land area spanning 55,499.0 square miles (143,742 km 2) of land. [1] Illinois is divided into 102 counties and, as of 2020, contained 1,300 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and villages.
The Belleville Historic District is a historic district in Belleville, Illinois.The primarily residential district consists of an irregularly shaped area on the east side of Belleville. 70 buildings are included in the district, all of which are contributing buildings to its historic character. [2]
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.
The Belleville News-Democrat is a daily newspaper in Belleville, Illinois. Focusing on news that is local to the area of southwestern Illinois, it has been published under various names for 150 years. As of 2009, it is published by The McClatchy Company, and is based in St. Clair County, Illinois. It publishes content in print as well as online ...
MidAmerica St. Louis Airport was created to alleviate crowding at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, but had been criticized as a pork barrel project. [5] Featured several times on a "Fleecing of America" segment on the NBC Nightly News, it was called a "Gateway to Nowhere" by Tom Brokaw, costing taxpayers $313 million. [6]
Belleview Precinct is located in Calhoun County, Illinois. The population was 227 at the 2020 census, down from 283 at the 2010 census, and it contained 144 housing units. [2] Until 1834, the territory comprising the current precincts of Carlin, Crater, and Hamburg was part of Belleview Precinct. In 1834, Illinois Precinct was formed (which was ...