Belleville.
1 City (2020 pop. 42,404), seat of St. Clair co., SW Ill.; inc.
1819. Located in a coal-mining area, Belleville also has farm-related
industries and printing, food processing, and a large variety of
manufactures, including mining equipment, shoes, iron products, and building
materials. Scott Air Force Base (est. 1917 for flight instruction) lies to
the northeast; near it is the large
MidAmerica
airport. 2 Town (2020 pop. 38,222), Essex co., NE N.J., on the
Passaic River; settled c.1680, set off from Newark 1839, inc. 1910.
Electrical and optical equipment, gloves, and precision instruments are
among its manufactures. John Stevens's boat, built there in 1798 for
the run to New York, contained one of the country's first steam engines.
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