This is a list of topics related to Boone County, Illinois.
Places Communities Cities Belvidere
Villages Caledonia Capron Cherry Valley (mostly in Winnebago County) Poplar Grove Timberlane
Census-designated places Argyle Blaine Candlewick Lake Garden Prairie Herbert Hunter Irene Russellville
Townships Boone County is divided into these nine townships:
Belvidere Bonus Boone Caledonia Flora Leroy Manchester Poplar Grove Spring
Education
Harvard Community Unit School District 50 Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426 North Boone Community Unit School District 200 Rockford School District 205 Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 Belvidere North High School Belvidere High School (Illinois) 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) 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) United States Post Office (Belvidere, Illinois) Pettit Memorial Chapel Belvidere North State Street Historic District Belvidere South State Street Historic District 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) North Branch Kishwaukee River South Branch Kishwaukee River Mokeler Creek Bessie Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary) Lawrence Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary) Owens Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary) Coon Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary) Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area White Rock Moraine
Historical periods Mississippian culture Upper Mississippian culture
People Potowatomi Mascouten Mound Builders
Daniel Boone John Wesley Powell
Argyle George Armour, early Argyle resident
Belvidere Othman A. Abbott, Nebraska politician who grew up in Belvidere and served in Illinois cavalry regiment Lucien Lester Ainsworth, Iowa politician who was a lawyer in Belvidere for a year Carrie Thomas Alexander-Bahrenberg Alfred Elisha Ames Philip Arbuckle List of George Franklin Barber works, architect, designed 15 historic houses in Belvidere Leo Binz, Catholic pastor in Belvidere, later Archbishop in MN Frank Bishop, infielder for the Chicago Browns Emory S. Bogardus, sociologist William D. Boies, Iowa politician born in Belvidere Elmer Ellsworth Brown, principal at Belvidere High School, later US Commissioner of Education Albert Cashier 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, 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 Judith Ford, 1969 Miss America Allen C. Fuller Charles Eugene Fuller, U.S. Congressman DuFay A. Fuller Jack D. Franks, 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, Illinois politician Kasey James, WWE wrestler Mike Junkin, NFL football player from Belvidere John Lawson (baseball) Amanda Levens, women's college basketball player and coach Edwin A. Miller, Wisconsin politician Richard S. Molony, Belvidere doctor who became a politician, buried in Belvidere cemetery Mary L. Moreland, Congregationalist minister Charles H. Parker, Beloit politician who lived in Belvidere Lowell Holden Parker, Wisconsin legislator, son of above Stan Patrick, 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, Harvard Hornets and UW basketball player, died in Belvidere Roger Charles Sullivan, Illinois politician born in Belvidere Scott Taylor (racing driver) Horace Mann Towner, Iowa politician and Governor of Puerto Rico, born in Belvidere Cornelius Mortimer Treat, school administrator James Waddington, Wisconsin State Senator Ronald A. Wait, Illinois politician Frederick Wolf, Episcopal bishop, priest of Holy Trinity Church in Belvidere
Caledonia
Glenn W. Birkett John Early (Illinois politician) Murder of Peggy Johnson, Jane Doe murder victim originally buried in Caledonia, now in Belvidere
Capron Zeke Markshausen NFL player Horace Capron, village named for him
Cherry Valley Virgil Abloh John Baumgarten Leroy M. Green Mo Pitney
Garden Prairie A. A. Ames, Minnesota politician, born in Garden Prairie Washington Porter, farmer and real estate entrepreneur, born and raised in Garden Prairie
Loves Park
Dick Kulpa Robin Zander
Russellville Laura Andrews Rhodes, opera singer raised in Russellville
Organizations 15th Illinois Infantry Regiment 95th Illinois Infantry Regiment Belvidere Standard daily newspaper (available on newspapers.com) Belvidere Daily Republican daily newspaper (available on newspapers.com) Belvidere Assembly Plant Boone County Historical Society Boone County Museum of History Poplar Grove Wings and Wheels Museum Chrysler Motors Dean Foods General Mills Rockford Park District National Sewing Machine Company Angelic Organics The Real Dirt on Farmer John Illinois's 16th congressional district • State House District 69 • State Senate District 35 WIFR-LD WXRX Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Stroh's Ice Cream Eldredge (automobile) Metalith Prairie Cat Mastering Hilander Foods
Events
1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak 2007 Midwest flooding January 2008 tornado outbreak sequence 2015 Rochelle–Fairdale, Illinois tornado August 2020 Midwest derecho Tornado outbreak sequence of May 15–20, 2017 Nihon Dempa Kogyo, Japanese company, quartz crystal manufacturer; 2009 Belvidere plant explosion
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