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Cities

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Caledonia Caledonia (; ) was the Latin name used by the Roman Empire to refer to the part of Great Britain () that lies north of the River Forth, which includes most of the land area of Scotland. Today, it is used as a romantic or poetic name for all ...

* Capron * Cherry Valley (mostly in Winnebago County) * Poplar Grove * Timberlane

Census-designated places

* Argyle * Beaverton Crossroads * Blaine * Candlewick Lake * Edgewood * Garden Prairie *

Herbert Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

Hunter Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...

Irene Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace". Irene, and related names, may refer to: * Irene (given name) Places * Irene, Gauteng, South Africa * Irene, South Dakota, United States * Irene, Texas, United States ...

* Prairie View * Russellville

Townships

Boone County is divided into these nine townships: * Belvidere * Bonus * Boone *

* Flora *

Leroy Leroy or Le Roy may refer to: People * Leroy (name), a given name and surname * Leroy (musician), American musician * Leroy (sailor), French sailor Places United States * Leroy, Alabama * Le Roy, Illinois * Le Roy, Iowa * Le Roy, Kansas * Le R ...

* Manchester * Poplar Grove * Spring

Education

* Harvard Community Unit School District 50 * Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426 *

North Boone Community Unit School District 200 North Boone Community Unit School District 200 is a unified school district based in the central region of the county of its namesake, Boone County; more specifically, in the village of Poplar Grove, Illinois. Five of the six schools in the dis ...

* Rockford School District 205 * Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 **

Belvidere North High School Belvidere North High School is the second high school in Belvidere, Illinois and part of the Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 (BCUSD 100) is a unified school district located in Belvider ...

Belvidere High School (Illinois) Belvidere High School is located in at 1500 East Avenue, Belvidere, Illinois in Boone County. History On the afternoon of April 21, 1967, an F4 tornado struck the school, killing 13 students and staff, tossing buses as students were being dism ...

* Rock Valley College

Churches

* Willow Creek Presbyterian Church, Argyle

Structures

* Illinois Route 76 * Illinois Route 173 * Interstate 90 in Illinois * Kenosha and Rockford Railroad *

U.S. Route 20 Business (Rockford, Illinois) Several special routes of U.S. Route 20 exist. In order from west to east they are as follows. Existing Toledo business loop In Toledo, Oregon, U.S. Route 20 Business runs from an intersection with the main highway west of Toledo on the Toled ...

* U.S. Route 20 in Illinois * National Register of Historic Places listings in Boone County, Illinois ** Lampert-Wildflower House **

Old Belvidere High School (Belvidere, Illinois) The old Belvidere High School is a complex of four connected buildings that reflect three different architectural styles: Classical Revival, Prairie School, and Art Deco. It is composed of the 1893 Garfield School, a 1900 powerhouse, the 1916 Belv ...

United States Post Office (Belvidere, Illinois) The Belvidere U.S. Post Office is a historic building located in the Illinois city's downtown business district. It was built in 1911 and represents a good example of Classical Revival architecture. It was added to the National Register of Histori ...

** Pettit Memorial Chapel **

Belvidere North State Street Historic District The Belvidere North State Street Historic District is a historic district on the north side of the Kishwaukee River in Belvidere, Illinois. It is primarily composed of commercial building representative of architectural trends from 1865 to 196 ...

Belvidere South State Street Historic District The Belvidere South State Street Historic District is a historic district on the north side of the Kishwaukee River in Belvidere, Illinois. It is primarily composed of commercial building representative of architectural trends from 1852 to 196 ...

* Poplar Grove Airport * Ida Public Library

Landforms

* Kishwaukee River * Tributaries of the Kishwaukee River ** Piscasaw Creek (Kishwaukee River) ** Rush Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary) ** Beaver Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary) **

Killbuck Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary) Killbuck Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Kishwaukee River in northern Illinois, United States.James, L. Allan. ''Management an ...

** North Branch Kishwaukee River **

South Branch Kishwaukee River The South Branch Kishwaukee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Kishwaukee River in northern Illinois. The South Branch is the main br ...

Mokeler Creek Mokeler Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of Piscasaw Creek, itself a tributary of the Kishwaukee River, in northern Illinois. Course Mok ...

** Bessie Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary) ** Lawrence Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary) **

Owens Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary) Owens Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 stream in the Kishwaukee River watershed in northern Illinois.Kishwaukee River Watershed'', Watersheds of I ...

Coon Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary) Coon Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Kishwaukee River in northern Illinois.Kishwaukee River Watershed, Watersheds of Illinois - 1 ...

Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area is an List of Illinois state parks, Illinois state park on in DeKalb County, Illinois, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. History The land for the Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area ...

* White Rock Moraine

Historical periods

Mississippian culture The Mississippian culture was a Native Americans in the United States, Native American civilization that flourished in what is now the Midwestern United States, Midwestern, Eastern United States, Eastern, and Southeastern United States from appr ...

* Upper Mississippian culture

People

* Potowatomi *

Mascouten The Mascouten (also ''Mascoutin'', ''Mathkoutench'', ''Muscoden,'' or ''Musketoon'') were a tribe of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans located in the Midwest. They are believed to have dwelt on both sides of the Mississippi River, adjacent to ...

* Mound Builders * Daniel Boone * John Wesley Powell

Argyle

George Armour George Armour (24 April 1812 – 13 June 1881) was a Scottish American businessman and philanthropist known for his contributions to the global distribution process for commodities. He is credited with developing the grain elevator system, est ...

, early Argyle resident

Belvidere

Othman A. Abbott Othman Ali Abbott (September 19, 1842 – June 24, 1935) was the first lieutenant governor of Nebraska, United States, serving from 1877 to 1879 while Silas Garber was Governor.Buechler, A.F. & Barr, R.J. (eds.)History of Hall County, Nebraska p. ...

, Nebraska politician who grew up in Belvidere and served in Illinois cavalry regiment *

Lucien Lester Ainsworth Lucien Lester Ainsworth (June 21, 1831 – April 19, 1902) was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district in northeastern Iowa. Family life Lucien Lester Ainsworth was born on June 21, 1831, in New Woodsto ...

, Iowa politician who was a lawyer in Belvidere for a year * Carrie Thomas Alexander-Bahrenberg *

Alfred Elisha Ames Alfred Elisha Ames (December 14, 1814 – September 23, 1874) was an American physician and politician. Born in Colchester, Vermont, he moved to Orwell, Ohio, in 1831. In 1836 he moved to Chicago, Illinois. He then moved to Vandalia, Illinoi ...

Philip Arbuckle Philip Heckman Arbuckle (September 6, 1882 – June 11, 1932) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas ...

* List of George Franklin Barber works, architect, designed 15 historic houses in Belvidere *

Leo Binz Leo Binz (October 31, 1900 – October 9, 1979) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Dubuque (1954–1961) and as Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis (1962–1975). A native of Illinois, he became a ...

, Catholic pastor in Belvidere, later Archbishop in MN * Frank Bishop, infielder for the Chicago Browns *

Emory S. Bogardus Emory S. Bogardus (born near Belvidere, Illinois, February 21, 1882 – August 21, 1973) was a prominent figure in the history of American sociology. Bogardus founded one of the first sociology departments at an American university, at the Uni ...

, sociologist * William D. Boies, Iowa politician born in Belvidere * Elmer Ellsworth Brown, principal at Belvidere High School, later US Commissioner of Education *

Albert Cashier Albert D. J. Cashier (December 25, 1843 – October 10, 1915), born Jennie Irene Hodgers, was an American soldier who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Cashier adopted the identity of a man before enlisting, and maintained ...

* Joe Charboneau, outfielder and designated hitter for the Cleveland Indians * Robert A. Childs, politician raised in Belvidere, part of Hurlbut's company 15th IL regiment, briefly lawyer there *

Reuben W. Coon Reuben W. Coon (May 31, 1842–February 18, 1908) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician. Coon was born in Frankfort, Indiana. He went to Shurtleff College and was admitted to the Illinois bar. Coon had lived in Pana, Illin ...

, publisher of the Belvidere Northwestern and state's attorney for Boon County * Thomas Neill Cream, Scots-born serial killer convicted of poisoning in Belvidere * Myron Henry Feeley, Canadian politician, born in Belvidere *

John J. Foote John Johnson Foote (February 11, 1816 – April 15, 1905) was an American merchant and politician from New York. Life John J. Foote was born in Hamilton, New York, the son of John Foote (1786–1884) and Mary B. (Johnson) Foote, and the grandso ...

* Judith Ford, 1969 Miss America *

Allen C. Fuller Adjutant General Allen Curtis Fuller (September 24, 1822 – December 6, 1901) was the adjutant general of Illinois from November 11, 1861, to January 1, 1865, during the American Civil War. Biography Allen C. Fuller was born in Farmington, C ...

* Charles Eugene Fuller, U.S. Congressman *

DuFay A. Fuller DuFay A. Fuller (February 21, 1852 – March 3, 1924) was an American businessman and politician. Fuller was born in Boone County, Illinois. He went to the public schools. Fuller was involved in the life insurance business. He lived in Belvidere ...

Jack D. Franks Jack Darrow Franks (born October 2, 1963) is an Illinois attorney and politician who served as Chairman of the McHenry County Board from December 2016 to December 2020. Previously, Franks served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives ...

, politician born in Belvidere * Jeanne Gang, architect * William Matthias Georgen, basketball player, captain of national champions Chicago Maroons 1908-1909 * Boyd Hill, Oklahoma territory coach * Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (1815-1882), politician and Union commander in the Civil War *

Noyes L. Jackson Noyes L. Jackson (July 21, 1860 – January 18, 1933) was an American businessman, farmer, and politician. Jackson was born in Windham County, Vermont. He moved to Illinois in 1880 and settled in Belvidere, Illinois. He was involved with manu ...

, Illinois politician * Kasey James, WWE wrestler * Mike Junkin, NFL football player from Belvidere *

John Lawson (baseball) John Alden Lawson Jr. (September 10, 1887 – March 9, 1964) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1900s. A native of Belvidere, Illinois Belvidere is a city in Boone County, settled on the Kishwaukee River in far northern Illinois, ...

Amanda Levens Amanda Kay Levens (born January 24, 1979) is an American women's college basketball coach. She is currently the head coach at the University of Nevada. Previously, she was hired as head coach at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) in ...

, women's college basketball player and coach * Edwin A. Miller, Wisconsin politician *

Richard S. Molony Richard Sheppard Molony (June 28, 1811 – December 14, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Northfield, New Hampshire, Molony studied medicine. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1838 and ...

, Belvidere doctor who became a politician, buried in Belvidere cemetery *

Mary L. Moreland Mary L. Moreland (December 23, 1859 – March 17, 1918) was an Congregationalism in the United States, American Congregational minister as well as a teacher and a writer. Among her publications can be counted ''Which, Right or Wrong?'' (1883) and ...

, Congregationalist minister *

Charles H. Parker Charles H. Parker (November 16, 1814March 3, 1890) was an American cutler, manufacturer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the 5th and 21st mayor of Beloit, Wisconsin, serving from 1861 to 1862 and from 1884 to 1887. He also represente ...

, Beloit politician who lived in Belvidere *

Lowell Holden Parker Lowell Holden Parker was an American attorney, banker and manufacturer from Beloit, Wisconsin who served a single term as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1899. His father, Charles H. Parker, had held the same Assembly sea ...

, Wisconsin legislator, son of above *

Stan Patrick Stanley Augustus Patrick (May 5, 1922 – January 1, 2000) was an American National Basketball Association player. Patrick played collegiate basketball at Santa Clara University before World War II. His roommate at Santa Clara was future Neva ...

, basketball player, died in Belvidere * Rowland Salley, musician born in Belvidere * Albert Charles Schaeffer, mathematician * Fred Schulte, outfielder for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and Pittsburgh Pirates * Kurt Sellers, wrestler with the WWE (as K.C. James and James Curtis) * Cris Shale, football player, lives in Belvidere * Rob Sherman, atheist activist, pilot who died in area plane crash * James A. Slater, entomologist at the University of Connecticut * Joe Sosnowski, current IL representative *

Ted Strain William "Ted" Strain (March 1, 1917 – October 4, 1999) was an American basketball player. He was an early professional player in the National Basketball League (which later merged with the Basketball Association of America to form the NBA) a ...

, Harvard Hornets and UW basketball player, died in Belvidere * Roger Charles Sullivan, Illinois politician born in Belvidere *

Scott Taylor (racing driver) Scott Taylor (born September 15, 1955) is a retired American professional off-road racing driver from Belvidere, Illinois. His off-road racing career began in 1974 with buggies and his career peaked in the premiere two-wheel-drive truck class ca ...

* Horace Mann Towner, Iowa politician and Governor of Puerto Rico, born in Belvidere *

Cornelius Mortimer Treat Cornelius Mortimer Treat (April 25, 1817 – July 28, 1916) was an American teacher, farmer, and politician. Born in Angelica, New York, Treat moved with his mother to Monroe County, New York in 1820. In 1836, Treat and his mother then moved ...

, school administrator * James Waddington, Wisconsin State Senator *

Ronald A. Wait Ronald A. Wait (born April 15, 1944) is a former Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 69th district from 1995 to 2011. He previously served as a member in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1983 to ...

, Illinois politician *

Frederick Wolf Frederick Barton Wolf (April 12, 1922 – January 5, 1999) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine from 1968 to 1986. Early Years and priesthood Wolf was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He graduated from Grinnell College and Seabury-Western Theo ...

, Episcopal bishop, priest of Holy Trinity Church in Belvidere

Caledonia

Glenn W. Birkett Glenn W. Birkett (February 9, 1888 – April 13, 1950) was an American farmer and politician. Born in Caledonia, Illinois, Birkett received his bachelor's degree from Beloit College Beloit College is a private liberal arts college in Beloit ...

John Early (politician) John Early (March 17, 1828 – September 2, 1877) was a Canadian American politician. Coming to Rockford, Illinois, to practice carpentry, Early rose to become an agent for the MetLife, New England Mutual Life Insurance Company. A staunch abolitio ...

* Murder of Peggy Johnson, Jane Doe murder victim originally buried in Caledonia, now in Belvidere

Capron

Zeke Markshausen Zeke Robert Markshausen (born January 26, 1987) is a former American football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played col ...

NFL player *

Horace Capron Horace Capron (August 31, 1804 – February 22, 1885) was an American businessman and agriculturalist, a founder of Laurel, Maryland, a Union officer in the American Civil War, the United States Secretary of Agriculture under U.S. Presiden ...

, village named for him

Cherry Valley

* Virgil Abloh * John Baumgarten * Leroy M. Green * Mo Pitney

Garden Prairie

A. A. Ames Albert Alonzo "Doc" Ames (January 18, 1842 – November 16, 1911) was an American physician and politician who held four non-consecutive terms as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His fourth term was marked by multiple prosecutions for political ...

, Minnesota politician, born in Garden Prairie * Washington Porter, farmer and real estate entrepreneur, born and raised in Garden Prairie

Loves Park

Dick Kulpa Richard Allen Kulpa (January 12, 1953 – January 3, 2021) was an American cartoonist best known for his work for ''Cracked'' and ''Weekly World News''. Early career Born in Loves Park, Illinois, Kulpa got his start in the cartooning business o ...

* Robin Zander

Russellville

Laura Andrews Rhodes Laura Andrews Rhodes (October 1, 1854 – February 5, 1909) was an American operatic soprano. Early life Laura Andrews was born in Casey, Illinois, on October 1, 1854. She was the second oldest daughter of Rev. John Redding Andrews, a Methodist ...

, opera singer raised in Russellville

Organizations

15th Illinois Infantry Regiment The 15th Illinois Infantry Regimenty was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 15th Illinois Infantry Volunteer Regiment was raised under the 10 Regiment Act. The 15th Illinois Infantry was ...

95th Illinois Infantry Regiment The 95th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Recruitment The 95th Illinois was formed as a result of President Abraham Lincoln's call for 300,000 volunteers in ...

* Belvidere Standard daily newspaper (available on newspapers.com) * Belvidere Daily Republican daily newspaper (available on newspapers.com) *

Belvidere Assembly Plant The Belvidere Assembly Plant (BVAP) is an automobile production facility owned and operated by Stellantis North America. The factory opened in 1965 in Belvidere, Illinois, United States, and currently assembles the Jeep Cherokee. History The fa ...

Boone County Historical Society Boone County Historical Society was established in 1924. Located in Columbia, Missouri, United States, the Boone County Historical Museum has been collecting, preserving and exhibiting artifacts and records of the people of Boone County, Missouri. ...

Boone County Museum of History Boone County Museum of History is an interactive museum of history, art, and popular culture located in the Belvidere South State Street Historic District, South State Street Historic District in Belvidere, Illinois. Established by members of the ...

* Poplar Grove Wings and Wheels Museum * Chrysler Motors * Dean Foods * General Mills *

Rockford Park District The Rockford Park District was formed in 1909 and is governed by an elected five-member board of commissioners who serve six-year terms without compensation. It is the third largest municipal park system in Illinois, serving the communities of Roc ...

National Sewing Machine Company National Sewing Machine Company was a Belvidere, Illinois-based manufacturer founded in the late 19th century. The company manufactured sewing machines, washing machines, bicycles, an automobile, home workshop machinery, and cast-iron toys and nove ...

* Angelic Organics * The Real Dirt on Farmer John * Illinois's 16th congressional district • State House District 69 • State Senate District 35 *

WIFR-LD WIFR-LD (channel 23) is a low-power television station in Rockford, Illinois, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus. The station is owned by Gray Television, and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on North Meridian Road in ...

WXRX WXRX (commonly known as "The X") is an FM radio station, broadcasting at 104.9 FM. Licensed to Belvidere, Illinois, the station serves the Rockford, Illinois area. Originally created by a company called "Radio Works" run by David McAley and R ...

Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company The Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company was a interurban line that connected Belvidere, Illinois and Elgin, Illinois. It was the central link in the interurban network connecting Freeport, Rockford, Elgin, and Chicago which included the Rockf ...

Galena and Chicago Union Railroad The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU) was a railroad running west from Chicago to Freeport, Illinois, never reaching Galena, Illinois. A later route went to Clinton, Iowa. Incorporated in 1836, the G&CU became the first railroad built out ...

Stroh's Ice Cream Stroh's Ice Cream is an American brand of ice cream, founded by the Stroh Brewery Company of Detroit. Stroh's' products were manufactured and marketed by Dean Foods, which had acquired the brand in 2007. Stroh's Ice Cream is a regional brand distr ...

* Eldredge (automobile) *

Metalith The Metalith is a prefabricated steel barrier and the name of the product division of Infrastructure Defense Technologies of Belvidere, Illinois, which manufactures the barrier. It is used in perimeter defense against explosive penetration and ramm ...

* Prairie Cat Mastering * Hilander Foods

Events

1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak The 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak was a destructive tornado outbreak and severe weather event that occurred on April 21, 1967, across the central Midwest, in particular the towns of Belvidere and Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States. Locally know ...

2007 Midwest flooding The 2007 Midwest flooding was a major flooding event that occurred in the Midwestern United States in the third week of August 2007. While Hurricane Dean was affecting the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, and Tropical Storm Erin was af ...

* January 2008 tornado outbreak sequence * 2015 Rochelle–Fairdale, Illinois tornado * August 2020 Midwest derecho *

Tornado outbreak sequence of May 15–20, 2017 A prolonged period of intense tornado activity affected the Great Plains, Great Lakes, and Ohio Valley during May 15–20, 2017. This outbreak sequence was the most prolific tornado event of 2017 in terms of number of tornadoes. It is also no ...

Nihon Dempa Kogyo Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd. or is one of the world's largest quartz crystal companies, based in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Using its synthetic quartz crystals, NDK produces crystal-related products such as crystal devices (e.g. crystal units, ...

, Japanese company, quartz crystal manufacturer; 2009 Belvidere plant explosion

Other

* Christmas club Boone County, Illinois