Belvidere
Belvidere is a city in and the county seat of Boone County, Illinois, United States. It is settled on the Kishwaukee River in far northern Illinois. Known as the 'City of Murals', Belvidere is home to several public art installations throughout the North and South State Street historic districts, which are on the National Register of Historic Places.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 25,600 residents
- Description: city in Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Belvidere, IL” and “Belvidere, Illinois”
- Postal code: 61008
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lampert-Wildflower House and Belvidere High School.
Lampert-Wildflower House
House
Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY 2.5.
The Lampert-Wildflower House is a home in the U.S. city of Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois. The main, upright, portion of the house was constructed in 1838 and the wing section was added to the home during the 1860s.
Belvidere High School
School
Belvidere High School is located in at 1500 East Avenue, Belvidere, Illinois in Boone County. It is a part of the Belvidere Community Unit School District 100.
Belvidere Assembly Plant
Industrial building
The Belvidere Assembly Plant, a currently idled automobile production facility, will reopen in 2027 to build both the Jeep Cherokee and Jeep Compass. Stellantis North America, who own and operate the plant, announced in October 2025 that they are investing $600 million in restarting production at the facility. Belvidere Assembly Plant is situated 2 miles southwest of Belvidere.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Timberlane and Garden Prairie.
Timberlane
Village
Timberlane is a village in Boone County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 906 at the 2020 census. Timberlane is situated 5 miles north of Belvidere.
Garden Prairie
Hamlet
Garden Prairie is an unincorporated former village and census-designated place located in Boone County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Garden Prairie is situated 6 miles east of Belvidere.
Cherry Valley
Village
Cherry Valley is a village of 8.72 square miles that lies primarily in Winnebago County. Approximately ten percent of the village is within Boone County. Cherry Valley is situated 6 miles west of Belvidere.
Belvidere
- Categories: city in the United States, county seat, and locality
- Location: Belvidere Township, Boone, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.258° or 42° 15′ 29″ northLongitude
-88.84173° or 88° 50′ 30″ westPopulation
25,600Elevation
781 feet (238 metres)United Nations Location Code
US BVJOpen location code
86JH7555+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 29885845OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Belvidere” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيلفيدير (إلينوي)”
- Arabic: “بيلفيدير”
- Basque: “Belvidere”
- Belarusian: “Белвідыр”
- Bulgarian: “Белвидиър”
- Catalan: “Belvidere”
- Cebuano: “Belvidere”
- Chechen: “Белвидер”
- Chinese: “Belvidere”
- Chinese: “貝爾維迪爾”
- Croatian: “Belvidere”
- Czech: “Belvidere”
- Dagbani: “Belvidere”
- Danish: “Belvidere”
- Dutch: “Belvidere”
- French: “Belvidere”
- German: “Belvidere”
- Gilaki: “بلویدر (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “بلویدر”
- Haitian: “Belvidere, Ilinwa”
- Haitian: “Belvidere”
- Hungarian: “Belvidere”
- Irish: “Belvidere”
- Italian: “Belvidere”
- Japanese: “イリノイ州”
- Japanese: “ベルヴィディア”
- Japanese: “ベルビディア”
- Japanese: “ベルベディア”
- Korean: “벨비디어”
- Ladin: “Belvidere”
- Mazanderani: “بلویدر (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “بلویدر”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Belvidere”
- Newari: “Belvidere, Illinois”
- Newari: “बेलभिडेरे (इलियोनोई)”
- Newari: “बेलभिडेरे, इलियोनोई”
- Newari: “बेल्भिदेर, इलिनोइ”
- Newari: “बेल्भिदेर”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belvidere”
- Norwegian: “Belvidere”
- Persian: “بلویدر، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “بلویدر”
- Polish: “Belvidere”
- Portuguese: “Belvidere”
- Romanian: “Belvidere, Illinois”
- Romanian: “Belvidere”
- Russian: “Белвидир”
- Russian: “Бельведере”
- Serbian: “Белвидир”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Belvidere, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Belvidere”
- Slovak: “Belvidere”
- Slovenian: “Belvidere”
- South Azerbaijani: “بلویدر، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “Belvidere (Illinois)”
- Spanish: “Belvidere”
- Swedish: “Belvidere, Illinois”
- Swedish: “Belvidere”
- Talysh: “Belvidir”
- Tatar: “Белвидер”
- Turkish: “Belvidere, Illinois”
- Turkish: “Belvidere”
- Ukrainian: “Белвідер”
- Urdu: “بیلویڈیر، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “بیلویڈیر”
- Uzbek: “Belvidere”
- Vietnamese: “Belvidere, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Belvidere”
- Volapük: “Belvidere”
- Waray (Philippines): “Belvidere, Illinois”
- Waray (Philippines): “Belvidere”
- Welsh: “Belvidere, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Belvidere”
- “Belvidere”
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