Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Belleville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Belleville in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Belleville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Belleville data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Belleville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Belleville was listed as Belleville Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Belleville was listed as Belleville Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Belleville was listed as Belleville Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Belleville is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Belleville in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Belleville for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Belleville. See our Misc Page for Belleville for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Belleville:

The following route mentioned Belleville as a scheduled stop:

The City of New Orleans: From Illinois Central Railroad timetable for the defunct City of New Orleans (train schedule from 1947). The City of New Orleans travelled between Chicago (IL) and New Orleans (LA)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Belleville: www.belleville.net/

The official website for Saint Clair County: www.co.st-clair.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov