About Bel-Nor
The City of Bel-Nor is a northwestern suburban city of St. Louis in St. Louis County, Missouri. Founded in 1937 as the Village of Bel-Nor, residents voted to become the City of Bel-Nor in April 2015. Many of its neighborhood streets are filled with stately brick homes along quiet, tree-lined streets. The city has about 750 residential properties and roughly 1,502 residents.
Bel-Nor is just minutes from highways 170 and 70, Lambert International Airport, the University of Missouri Saint Louis campus (which is partially within Bel-Nor) and many businesses and restaurants. Bel-Nor is also home to Incarnate Word Academy. Neighboring communities include: Bellerive Acres, Bel-Ridge, Greendale, Normandy, and Pasadena.
Did You Know?
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The book and film "The Exorcist" was based on an exorcism that happened when Jesuits from St. Louis University performed the rites of exorcism in 1949 on a 13-year-old boy in a house in Bel-Nor.
Notable Residents of Bel-Nor:
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Mickey Carroll, dwarf actor who portrayed a Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz
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Richard Eastham, buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bel-Nor
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Donny Hathaway, buried at Lake Charles Cemetery, Bel-Nor
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George A. Killenberg, Executive Editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Napheesa Collier, UConn women's basketball player, Incarnate Word Academy, Bel-Nor