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Cumberland County

Established
March 2, 1843 (Laws, 1843, p. 94)

Origin of the name of the county
Named for the Cumberland road, named in its turn from the town Cumberland, Maryland, which derived its name from the mountain range of the same name adopted, presumably, from the Cumberland mountains of Great Britain.

Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
1831–1843 — Coles
1819–1831 — Clark
1816–1819 — Crawford
1815–1816 — Edwards
1812–1815 — Madison
1801–1812 — St. Clair
1790–1801 — Knox, Northwest Territory

County Seats
1843–1855 — Greenup
1855–   — Toledo — Known as Prairie City until 1874.

History of county governing board
1843–1849 — County Commissioners’ Court
1849–1861 — County Court
1861–   — County Board of Supervisors

Documented Record Losses
November 5, 1885 — Fire. Total record loss (1843–1885).

Township Government
Adopted — November 6, 1860

Township Names
Cottonwood
Crooked Creek
Greenup
Neoga
Spring Point
Sumpter
Union
Woodbury

Township Map

Pertinent Databases
Federal Township Plats of Illinois
Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database
Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916–1950
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
Local Governmental Records Database
Name Index to Illinois Local Governments