Belleville, a city of Illinois, U.S., situated in a productive region, 16 miles SE. of St Louis, with coal-beds in the vicinity. Two railways intersect here; and there are manufactures of iron goods, thrashing-machines, and flour. Pop. (1871) 8146; (1891) 15,361, of which a large proportion is German.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 62
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