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History · Belleville Township

Belleville Township dates to 1869, and 66% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the East Riley Creek Bridge and the Riley Creek Bridge.

1869founded
2on the National Register
66%homes built before 1940
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How Belleville Township began

When was Belleville Township founded?

1869

Belleville Township dates its founding to 1869 (Wikidata).

2020 census: 188157 years
Founding year: Wikidata.
On the National Register

2 historic places in Belleville Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1990
East Riley Creek Bridge
East Riley Creek Bridge, built 1899Riley Creek Bridge, built 1899
Structures
East Riley Creek BridgeBuilt 1899
Riley Creek BridgeBuilt 1899

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Belleville High Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Belleville Township
Grace HillPleasant View

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Belleville4 historic placesA−Jefferson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFreedom TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScandia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Belleville Township’s history

What year was Belleville Township founded?

In 1869, according to Wikidata.

What is on the National Register in Belleville Township?

Two places: the East Riley Creek Bridge (listed 1990) and the Riley Creek Bridge (1990).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (2) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.