Hamilton
County Fact Sheet
Addresses for County
Courthouse and IRAD:
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Hamilton County Courthouse
100 S. Jackson Street
McLeansboro, IL 62859-1489
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County Clerk
Circuit Clerk
Recorder
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(618) 643-2721
(618) 643-3224
(618) 643-2721
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IRAD Depository
c/o Special Collections
Morris Library–6632
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901
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- Telephone:
(618) 453-3040
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Established: |
February 8, 1821 (Laws, 1821, p. 113) |
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Origin of the name
of the county: |
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Named for Alexander Hamilton, a soldier,
statesman, author and financier, aid on the staff of Washington
during the Revolution, a member of the Continental Congress, first
Secretary of Treasury (1789–1795), and Commander-in-Chief of the
United States Army in 1799. |
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Present area, or
parts of it, formerly included in: |
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1815–1821 |
White |
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1812–1815 |
Gallatin |
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1801–1812 |
Randolph |
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1795–1801 |
St. Clair |
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1790–1795 |
Knox, Northwest Territory |
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County Seat: |
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1821– |
McLeansboro |
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History of county
governing board: |
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1821–1849 |
County Commissioners’ Court |
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1849–1873 |
County Court |
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1873–1886 |
Board of County Commissioners |
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1886– |
County Board of Supervisors |
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Township
Government |
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Adopted: |
November 3, 1885 |
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Township Names: |
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Beaver Creek |
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Crook |
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Crouch |
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Dahlgren |
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Flannigan |
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Knights Prairie |
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Mayberry |
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McLeansboro |
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South Crouch |
Formed from Crouch (date unknown: after 1921). |
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South Flannigan |
Formed from Flannigan (date unknown). |
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South Twigg |
Formed from Twigg (date unknown). |
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Twigg |
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