Monroe
County Fact Sheet
Original courthouse
New courthouse addition
Addresses for County
Courthouse and IRAD:
Monroe County Courthouse
100 South Main Street
Waterloo, IL 62298 |
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County Clerk
Circuit Clerk
Recorder
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(618) 939-8681, ext. 302
(618) 939-8681, ext. 223
(618) 939-8681, ext. 306 |
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: |
January 6, 1816 (Laws, 1815/16, p. 25) |
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Origin of the name
of the county: |
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Named for James Monroe, statesman and
fifth president of the United States. He held numerous state and
national offices in nearly 50 years of public service, and was a
popular Democratic-Republican president (1817–1825). |
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Present area, or
parts of it, formerly included in: |
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1790–1816 |
St. Clair |
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1795–1816 |
Randolph |
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Seats: |
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1816–1825 |
Harrisonville |
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1825– |
Waterloo |
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History of county
governing board: |
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1816–1818 |
County Court |
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1818–1819 |
Justices’ Court |
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1819–1849 |
County Commissioners’ Court |
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1849–1873 |
County Court |
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1873– |
Board of County Commissioners |
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| Township
Government |
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Monroe County has never adopted township form of government. The
county has been divided into precincts. |
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| Precinct
Names: |
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Bluff |
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Columbia |
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Harrisonville |
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Mitchie |
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Moredock |
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New Design |
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New Hanover |
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Prairie Du Long |
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Renault |
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Waterloo |
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