Addresses for County Courthouse and IRAD:

Established:		February 15, 1831 (Laws, 1831, p. 51)
		Although formally established by law in 1831, an act to organize Effingham County was not approved by the legislature until December 20, 1832. This act provided for the election of the first county officials in January, 1833.
Origin of the name of the county:
	Named for Lord Effingham, who resigned his commission as general in the British army in 1775, refusing to serve in the war against the colonies.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in:
	1816–1831	Crawford
	1821–1831	Fayette
	1819–1821	Clark
	1815–1816	Edwards
	1812–1815	Madison
	1801–1812	St. Clair
	1790–1801	Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats:
	1833–1860	Ewington
	1860–	Effingham
History of county governing board:
	1833–1849	County Commissioners’ Court
	1849–1861	County Court
	1861–	County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
	Adopted:	November 6, 1860
Township Names:
	Banner	Formed as Perry from Summit in September, 1874; name changed to Banner (date unknown).
	Bishop	Name changed from Bishop Creek (date unknown).
	Douglas
	Jackson
	Liberty
	Lucas
	Mason
	Moccasin
	Mound
	St. Francis
	Summit
	Teutopolis	Formed from Douglas (date unknown).
	Union
	Watson
	West