Cumberland
County Fact Sheet
Addresses for County
Courthouse and IRAD:
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Cumberland County Courthouse
P.O. Box 146
Toledo, IL 62468
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County Clerk
Circuit Clerk
Recorder
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(217) 849-2631
(217) 849-3601
(217) 849-2631
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IRAD Depository
Booth Library
600 Lincoln Avenue
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
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- Telephone:
(217) 581-6093
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Established: |
March 2, 1843 (Laws, 1843, p. 94) |
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Origin of the name
of the county: |
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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. |
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Present area, or
parts of it, formerly included in: |
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1831–1843 |
Coles |
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1819–1831 |
Clark |
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1816–1819 |
Crawford |
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1815–1816 |
Edwards |
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1812–1815 |
Madison |
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1801–1812 |
St. Clair |
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1790–1801 |
Knox, Northwest Territory |
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County Seats: |
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1843–1855 |
Greenup |
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1855– |
Toledo—Known as Prairie City until 1874. |
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History of county
governing board: |
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1843–1849 |
County Commissioners’ Court |
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1849–1861 |
County Court |
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1861– |
County Board of Supervisors |
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Documented Record
Losses |
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November 5, 1885—Fire |
Total record loss (1843–1885). |
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Township
Government |
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Adopted: |
November 6, 1860 |
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Township Names: |
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Cottonwood |
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Crooked Creek |
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Greenup |
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Neoga |
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Spring Point |
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Sumpter |
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Union |
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Woodbury |
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