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Also known as Bellwood, Illinois

village in Illinois, United States of America

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Illinois
County
Cook
Township
Proviso
Mayor
Andre F. Harvey
Total
2.40 sq mi (6.21 km )
Land
2.40 sq mi (6.21 km )
Water
0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Density
7,834.8/sq mi (3,025.05/km )
Time zone
UTC-6 ( CST )
Summer dst
UTC-5 ( CDT )
Area codes
708/464
Fips code
17-04975
Website
www .vil .bellwood .il .us

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Encyclopedic overview

Bellwood is a village in Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Located 13 miles (21 km) west of Chicago's downtown Loop, the Village of Bellwood is bounded by the Eisenhower Expressway (south), the Proviso yards of the former Chicago & Northwestern, now Union Pacific Railroad (north), and the suburbs of Maywood (east) and Hillside and Berkeley (west). The population was 18,789 at the 2020 census.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bellwood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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