Belle Rive, IL

Belle Rive is a village in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 309 residents. Belle Rive is part of the Mount Vernon Micropolitan Statistical Area. Grant was a wealthy land speculator from Montgomery County, Tennessee. The through line in Belle Rive is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Belle Rive makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Belle Rive is located in southeastern Jefferson County. Illinois Route 142 passes through the village, leading northwest 11 miles to Mount Vernon, the county seat, and southeast 15 miles to McLeansboro.