Addresses for County Courthouse and IRAD:

Established:			February 26, 1833 (Laws, 1833, p. 19)
Origin of the name of the county:
	Name of a former confederacy of six Native North American peoples, the Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Tuscarora who originally settled along the Hudson River Valley.  The name of the tribe was given originally to a river stretching 120 miles between Jasper County, Indiana and the Kankakee River in Illinois and was later transferred to the county.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in:
	1826–1833		Vermilion
	1823–1826		Edgar
	1819–1823		Clark
	1816–1819		Crawford
	1815–1816		Edwards
	1812–1815		Madison
	1801–1812		St. Clair
	1795–1801		Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats:
	1837–1839	Montgomery
	1839–1865	Middleport
	1865–	Watseka
	The first county courthouse located in Watseka was built in 1866.
History of county governing board:
	1833–1849	County Commissioners’ Court
	1849–1856	County Court
	1856–	County Board of Supervisors
Documented Record Losses
	October 16, 1866—Fire			Some records lost or damaged (18 years).
Township Government
	Adopted:	November 6, 1855
Township Names:
	Artesia	Formed from Ash Grove and Loda (date unknown, before 1921).
	Ash Grove
	Ashkum	Formed from Chebanse and Onarga in March, 1857.
	Beaver
	Beaverville	Formed from Papineau and Beaver in September, 1921.
	Belmont
	Chebanse
	Concord
	Crescent	Formed as Logan from Belmont on September 17, 1868; name changed to Grenard in September, 1869 and Crescent (date unknown).
	Danforth	Formed from Douglas and Ashkum (date unknown, before 1921).
	Douglas	Formed from Onarga in May, 1858.
	Fountain Creek	Formed from Ash Grove on September 15, 1868.
	Iroquois	Formed as Westfield from Middleport in May, 1858; name changed to Iroquois (date unknown).
	Loda
	Lovejoy	Formed form Milford on February 19, 1868.
	Martinton	Formed as Buchanan from Wygant (Papineau) in September, 1857; named changed to Martinton (date unknown).
	Middleport	Name changed to Watseka in September, 1863 and back to Middleport (date unknown).
	Milford
	Milks Grove	Formed from Chebanse (date unknown, before 1921).
	Onarga
	Papineau	Name changed from Wygant on September 16, 1862.
	Pigeon Grove	Formed from Loda and Fountain Creek in September, 1875.
	Prairie Green	Formed as Prairie from Crab Apple (Stockland) in March, 1857; name changed to Prairie Green in March, 1858.
	Ridgeland	Formed as Ridge from Onarga on January 29, 1879; name changed to Ridgeland (date unknown).
	Sheldon	Formed from Concord on February 19, 1868.
	Stockland	Formed as Crab Apple in September, 1864.