Town of Beloit, Wisconsin

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The Town of Beloit is located in Rock County.

Beloit is 250 feet [76.2 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Beloit lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Beloit, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, the Town of Beloit had a population of 7,038 people^<2> (or 4.62% of the total population of Rock County). The population of Beloit represented 0.13% of the total of Wisconsin, making it the state's 122nd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Beloit had a population of 7,504 people. This is an increase of 6.62% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Beloit.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Loves Park (IL)	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	24,457	22.02% increase
	Machesney Park (IL)	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	22,815	9.9% increase
	Rockford (IL)	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	157,272	4.77% increase
	Rockton (IL)	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	5,512	4.08% increase
	Roscoe (IL)	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	8,807	41.05% increase
	Brodhead	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	3,124	1.76% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Beloit.

Website for Beloit

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The Commemorative Quarter for Wisconsin<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Beloit. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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