Belleview Precinct, Calhoun County, Illinois

Belleview Precinct is located in Calhoun County, Illinois. The population was 283 at the 2010 census, down from 286 in 2000.

Belleview Precinct
Township
Location in Calhoun County
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyCalhoun
Area
  Total60.32 sq mi (156.22 km2)
  Land55.4 sq mi (143.5 km2)
  Water4.9 sq mi (12.68 km2)
Population
 (2000)
  Total286
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

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 subsequently divided in Carlin and Carter Precincts), and in 1848, Hamburg was formed, leaving Belleview Precinct to its current borders.[1]

References

  1. Carpenter, George Wilbur (1933). History of Calhoun County and its people up to the year 1910. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.


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