Lee County Courthouse

Lee County Courts Building

Addresses for County Courthouse and IRAD:

Established:					February 27, 1839 (Laws, 1839, p. 170)
Origin of the name of the county:
	Named for Richard Henry Lee, an orator and statesman of the Revolutionary period, a member of the Continental Congress, a Representative in Congress and United States Senator from Virginia.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in:
	1836–1839				Ogle
	Eastern Part:
		1831–1836			LaSalle
		1825–1831			Putnam
	Western Part:
		1827–1836			JoDaviess
	1823–1825				Fulton
	1821–1823				Pike
	Eastern Part:
		1819–1821			Clark
		1816–1819			Crawford
		1815–1816			Edwards
	Western Part:
		1817–1821			Bond
		1815–1817			Madison
	1812–1817				Madison
	1801–1812				St. Clair
County Seat:
	1839–				Dixon
History of county governing board:
	1839–1850				County Commissioners’ Court
	1850–				County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
	Adopted:			November 6, 1849
Township Names:
	Alto		Formed from Willow Creek on February 28, 1860.
	Amboy
	Ashton		Formed as Ogle from Bradford on February 12, 1861; name changed to Ashton on November 7, 1867.
	Bradford
	Brooklyn
	China		Name changed from Fremont on May 14, 1850.
	Dixon
	East Grove		Formed from Hamilton on November 9, 1864.
	Hamilton
	Harmon		Formed from Marion on March 3, 1857.
	Lee Center
	Marion		Formed from Hamilton and Amboy in September, 1854.
	May		Formed from Hamilton in September, 1854.
	Nachusa		Formed from China on February 8, 1871.
	Nelson		Formed from Dixon on February 28, 1860.
	Palmyra
	Reynolds		Formed from Brooklyn in September, 1858.
	South Dixon		Formed from Dixon on February 12, 1867.
	Sublette		Name changed from Hanno (date unknown).
	Viola		Formed as Stockton from Brooklyn on February 12, 1861; name changed to Viola in September, 1861.
	Willow Creek		Formed from Wyoming in September, 1854.
	Wyoming		Name changed from Paw Paw on May 14, 1850.