Bellwood is a village in Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States.

Located 13 miles (21 km) west of Chicago's downtown Loop, the Village of Bellwood is bounded by the Eisenhower Expressway (south), the Proviso yards of the former Chicago & Northwestern, now Union Pacific Railroad (north), and the suburbs of Maywood (east) and Hillside and Berkeley (west).

In reaction to dry Maywood's effort to annex the area, businesses that served alcohol petitioned for incorporation.

The increase to 4,991 persons in 1930 is due to the annexation of territory west of Mannheim Road in 1926, as well as ongoing migration.

Four years later, the Supreme Court issued a historic decision allowing governments to utilize testers and sue when discrimination occurs.

A few major firms exist in Bellwood today, but the collapse of many other large sectors has resulted in a decrease in employment and tax revenue.

[12] The Chicago Transit Authority provided bus passenger services for Bellwood until 2012 when it discontinued the #17 route.

In November 2011, Union Pacific Railroad announced plans to renovate and upgrade Bellwood's Metra station and add a third rail line.

The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad runs through Bellwood, but does not host any commuter rail traffic.