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Community of Bellflower History
McLean County, Illinois

(Transcribed by: Teri Moncelle Colglazier)

The village of Bellflower was laid out by George N. Black, who owned much land there. Early business men of the town were R. K Morland, A. and A. J. Henry, John Nichols, A. Libairn, T. B. Groves, J. W. Eyestone, E. L. Rush, Hiram Rush and G. W. Stokes. Bellflower has always been a good grain market, with schools and churches. Its population is 442. ["Official souvenir program, McLean County Centennial, Aug. 27, 28, 30, 1930" by: McLean County Illinois Centennial Souvenir Program Committee, Harold Lang and Eugene Funk] In the southeast corner of the county lies the incorporated village of Bellflower, with a present population of 413. It is a tree-shaded community of comfortable white homes and alongside the Illinois Central Railroad, which runs through the village, rise two commodious grain elevators. Also through the village passes US 54. Bellflower was surveyed and platted in 1871 by George N. Black. Today, this village is the principal community of Bellflower Township, which has a total population of 964. The township was given its name by Jesse Richards, early settler and first Justice of the Peace, who "had a great admiration for the Belleflower apple." [This is McLean County, Illinois by: John Drury, The Loree Co., Chicago, Illinois (1955)]

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