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Edgar County

Established
January 3, 1823 (Laws, 1823, p. 74)

Origin of the name of the county
Named for John Edgar, a pioneer merchant, politician and land speculator.

Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
1819–1823 — Clark
1816–1819 — Crawford
1815–1816 — Edwards
1812–1815 — Madison
1801–1812 — St. Clair
1790–1801 — Knox, Northwest Territory

County Seats
1823–   — Paris

History of county governing board
1823–1849 — County Commissioners’ Court
1849–1857 — County Court
1857–   — County Board of Supervisors

Township Government
Adopted — November 4, 1856

Township Names
Brouilletts Creek
Buck — Name changed from Pilot Grove on May 9, 1857.
Edgar — Name changed from Bloomfield on May 9, 1857.
Elbridge
Embarrass
Grandview
Hunter — Formed from Stratton and Brouilletts Creek (date unknown).
Kansas
Paris
Prairie
Ross
Shiloh — Formed from Young America and Edgar (date unknown).
Stratton — Name changed from Wayne on May 9, 1857.
Symmes — Name changed from Marion on May 9, 1857.
Young America

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