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Belvidere / ˈ b ɛ l v ɪ d ɪər / is a city and the county seat of Boone County, Illinois. It is settled on the Kishwaukee River in far northern Illinois, United States.
- Boone County Museum of History. The Boone Historical Society dates back to 1936 and found a permanent home in the 1960s when it set up a museum in the Gas & Electric building on Whitney Boulevard.
- Summerfield Farm & Zoo. Out in the countryside just south of Belvidere is a zoo that was set up on a farm in 1990 and is open on weekends. A lot of the residents at Summerfield Farm & Zoo are exotic pets rescued from the Northern Illinois Area.
- Poplar Grove Vintage Wings & Wheels Museum. Established in 1972, Poplar Grove Airport is a couple of miles north of Belvidere and is bordered by Bel Air Estates, a unique residential fly-in community made up of 140 homes.
- Belvidere Park. A treat to discover on foot. Belvidere’s favorite park is on both banks of the Kishwaukee River. At the east end is the Belvidere Dam, and an old millrace to the north runs parallel to the river, dividing the park into three distinct areas, all beautifully maintained and connected by bridges.
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Belvidere, city, seat (1837) of Boone county, northern Illinois, U.S. It lies on the Kishwaukee River, about 75 miles (120 km) northwest of downtown Chicago. The area was settled in 1835 and was originally named Elysian Fields.
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Welcome to the City of Belvidere, Illinois’ “City of Murals”. Belvidere is located in North Central Illinois, 25 minutes south of the Wisconsin border. Only 75 miles from downtown Chicago, 83 miles from downtown Madison, Wisconsin, and 88 miles from downtown Milwaukee, Belvidere is attractive to businesses and residents that want to work ...
Belvidere is a city in Boone County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,585 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Boone County. Belvidere is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
