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Putnam County
Contact Information120 N. 4th St.
Hennepin, IL 61327
815-925-7129 — County Clerk
815-925-7016 — Circuit Clerk
815-925-7129 — Recorder
Regional History Center
Founders Memorial Library
Rm. 400
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-753-1807
Established
January 13, 1825 (Laws, 1825, p. 94)
County organization was completed in 1831 (Laws, 1831, p. 54).
Origin of the name of the county
Named for Israel Putnam, a Major General of the Revolution.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
1823–1825 — Fulton
1821–1823 — Pike
1821–1825 — Sangamon
1817–1821 — Bond
1812–1821 — Madison
1801–1812 — St. Clair
1790–1801 — Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats
1831– — Hennepin
History of county governing board
1831–1849 — County Commissioners’ Court
1849–1856 — County Court
1856– — County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
Adopted — November 8, 1855
Township Names
Granville
Hennepin
Magnolia
Senachwine
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