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Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Jo Daviess County is the northwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 22,035. Its county seat is Galena. Jo Daviess County is part of the Tri-State Area and is located near Dubuque, Iowa and Platteville, Wisconsin. As part of the Driftless Area, Jo Daviess County contains rugged terrain compared to the rest of the state. Within Jo Daviess County lies Charles Mound, the highest natural point in Illinois, as well as eight of the ten highest points in Illinois.

History
Jo Daviess County was formed in 1827 out of Henry and Putnam counties. It is named for Maj. Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, United States District Attorney for Kentucky, who was killed in 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe. The local pronunciation is "Davis". Jo Daviess County was founded exclusively by immigrants from New England. These were old stock "Yankee" immigrants, meaning they were descended from the English Puritans who settled New England in the 1600s. The completion of the Erie Canal caused a surge in New England immigration to what was then the Northwest Territory.

The end of the Black Hawk War led to an additional surge of immigration, once again coming almost exclusively from the six New England states as a result of overpopulation combined with land shortages in that region. Some of these later settlers were from upstate New York and had parents who had moved to that region from New England shortly after the Revolutionary War. New Englanders and New England transplants from upstate New York were the vast majority of Jo Daviess County's inhabitants during the first several decades of its history. These settlers were primarily members of the Congregational Church though due to the Second Great Awakening many of them had converted to Methodism and some had become Baptists before coming to what is now Jo Daviess County. The Congregational Church subsequently has gone through many divisions and some factions, including those in Jo Daviess County are now known as the Church of Christ and the United Church of Christ.

As a result of this heritage the vast majority of inhabitants in Jo Daviess County, much like antebellum New England were overwhelmingly in favor of the abolitionist movement during the decades leading up to the Civil War.

In the late 1880s and early 1890s Irish and German migrants began moving into Jo Daviess County, most of these later immigrants did not move directly from Ireland and Germany, but rather from other areas in the Midwest where they had been living, particularly the state of Ohio.

County border changes

 * 1830 – The northern border of Illinois and Wisconsin was formally established. Until that time, several Wisconsin towns actually were under the jurisdiction of Jo Daviess County.
 * 1831 – Rock Island County was formed from a part of the county, along with a new northern extension of Henry County and Putnam County.
 * 1836 – Whiteside, Ogle, and Winnebago counties were formed from the southern and eastern sections of the county.
 * 1837 – Stephenson County was formed from the eastern section of the county.
 * 1839 – Carroll County was formed from the southern section of the county.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 619 sqmi, of which 601 sqmi is land and 18 sqmi (2.9%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Galena have ranged from a low of 9 °F in January to a high of 84 °F in July, although a record low of -35 °F was recorded in February 1996 and a record high of 103 °F was recorded in August 1988. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.14 in in January to 4.58 in in June.

Major highways
In Illinois, US 20 is designated the General Ulysses S. Grant Highway (often abbreviated the U.S. Grant Memorial Highway) and is the longest route in the United States. In eastern Jo Daviess County US 20 is one of the few areas that remain two-lane across the entire stretch of US 20. The road between Dubuque and Stockton was once known as the most dangerous stretch of road because of the hills and curves flanked by cliffs and valleys. Travelers were greeted with signs reminding them to drive carefully as they entered this stretch of road.
 * [[Image:US 20.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 20
 * [[Image:Illinois 35.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 35
 * [[Image:Illinois 78.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 78
 * [[Image:Illinois 84.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 84

Adjacent counties

 * Lafayette County, Wisconsin - north
 * Stephenson County - east
 * Carroll County - south
 * Jackson County, Iowa - southwest
 * Dubuque County, Iowa - west
 * Grant County, Wisconsin - northwest

National protected area

 * Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (part)

State protected area

 * Apple River Canyon State Park

Locally protected area
Several areas are protected by the charitable organization Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation:
 * Buehler Preserve
 * Casper Bluff Land & Water Reserve
 * Horseshoe Mound
 * Schurmeier Teaching Forest
 * Valley of Eden Bird Sanctuary
 * Wapello Land & Water Reserve

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 22,678 people, 9,753 households, and 6,514 families residing in the county. The population density was 37.7 PD/sqmi. There were 13,574 housing units at an average density of 22.6 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 97.2% white, 0.5% Black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.9% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.7% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 49.4% were German, 19.7% were Irish, 11.1% were English, and 8.5% were American.

Of the 9,753 households, 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were married couples living together, 7% had a female householder with no husband present, 33.2% were non-families, and 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.81. The median age was 47.1 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $50,279 and the median income for a family was $60,381. Males had a median income of $38,372 versus $29,412 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,819. About 5.6% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * East Dubuque
 * Galena (county seat)

Villages

 * Apple River
 * Elizabeth
 * Hanover
 * Menominee
 * Nora
 * Scales Mound
 * Stockton
 * Warren

Census-designated places

 * Apple Canyon Lake
 * The Galena Territory

Townships
Jo Daviess County is divided into twenty-three townships:

 * Apple River
 * Berreman
 * Council Hill
 * Derinda
 * Dunleith
 * East Galena
 * Elizabeth
 * Guilford
 * Hanover
 * Menominee
 * Nora
 * Pleasant Valley
 * Rawlins
 * Rice
 * Rush
 * Scales Mound
 * Stockton
 * Thompson
 * Vinegar Hill
 * Wards Grove
 * Warren
 * West Galena
 * Woodbine

Unincorporated communities

 * Aiken
 * Blanding
 * Bremen
 * Council Hill
 * Elmoville
 * Guilford
 * Massbach
 * Morseville
 * Pleasant Valley
 * Rice
 * Rodden
 * Schapville
 * Whitton
 * Willow
 * Woodbine

Historic site

 * Apple River Fort

Government and politics
Jo Daviess County has a fairly typical Yankee Northern Illinois political history, although it has generally voted more Democratic than nearby rural counties. It voted Democratic only four times between 1856 and 1992: for Grover Cleveland in 1892, Woodrow Wilson in 1912, Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, and Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Between 1996 and 2016 Jo Daviess was a swing county, voting for the national winner each time. The 2020 results were: Donald Trump, 7,166 (57.3%), Joe Biden 5,109 (40.9%); Jo Jorgensen, 125 (1%), others 96 (0.8%).

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Jersey County, Illinois

Jersey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 21,512. The county seat and largest community is Jerseyville, with a population of 8,337 in 2010. The county's smallest incorporated community is Otterville, with a population of 87.

Jersey County is included in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Jersey County lies just northeast of where the great Mississippi and Illinois rivers meet. It is the former home of the Kickapoo, Menomini, Potawatomi, and Illiniwek Confederation American Indians. The first European explorers to visit the area, Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet, arrived in 1673, where they encountered the fearsome painting of the Piasa bird. The present day Pere Marquette State Park, located near Grafton, is named in Father Marquette's honor, and a monument to him is located at the park.

Jersey County was founded on February 28, 1839, and was formed out of Greene County. The county was named for the state of New Jersey, from which many of the early settlers emigrated - which was itself named for the Channel Island of Jersey in Great Britain. The area quickly evolved into several small agricultural communities. As the area soon began to flourish, a county government was established and a courthouse was built in Jerseyville, the county seat. The Jersey County Courthouse was designed by architect Henry Elliott who also designed the courthouses in nearby Greene County, Edgar County, Illinois, DeWitt County, Illinois (later demolished in 1987) and Pike County, Illinois. The cornerstone for the courthouse was laid on July 4, 1893. The Romanesque Revival style courthouse is a magnificent architectural structure of limestone quarried from the nearby town of Grafton, Illinois.

Recent history
Today, while the county maintains its agricultural base, it is also within commuting distance of jobs and industry in St. Louis, Missouri and the surrounding area. A large portion of the population works outside of Jersey County and benefits from being "Near the crowd, but not in it.", the official slogan of the Jersey County Business Association's advertising campaign. The bordering rivers play an important part in Jersey County's economy by supporting agricultural producers and agribusiness, and by creating a strong tourist market. Education, manufacturing, and retail are also among the county's largest industries.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 377 sqmi, of which 369 sqmi is land and 7.9 sqmi (2.1%) is water. Jersey County is bordered by three bodies of water: the Mississippi River to the south, the Illinois River to the west, and Macoupin Creek to the northwest.

Climate
Typically, the county's climate reflects most Midwest areas, located in the transitional zone between the humid continental climate type and the humid subtropical climate type (Köppen Dfa and Cfa, respectively), with neither large mountains nor large bodies of water to moderate its temperature. Spring is the wettest season and produces severe weather ranging from tornadoes to snow or ice storms. Summers are hot and humid, and the humidity often makes the heat index rise to temperatures feeling well above 100 °F. Fall is mild with lower humidity and can produce intermittent bouts of heavy rainfall with the first snow flurries usually forming in late November. Winters can be cold at times with periodic light snow and temperatures below freezing.

In recent years, average temperatures in Jerseyville have ranged from a low of 17 °F in January to a high of 88 °F in July. The record low temperature of -25 °F was recorded in January 1977 and the record high temperature of 112 °F was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranges from 1.92 in in January to 4.14 in in April.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 67.svg|25x20px]] U.S. Route 67
 * [[Image:Illinois 3.svg|25x20px]] Illinois Route 3
 * [[Image:Illinois 16.svg|25x20px]] Illinois Route 16
 * [[Image:Illinois 100.svg|25x20px]] Illinois Route 100
 * [[Image:Illinois 109.svg|25x20px]] Illinois Route 109
 * [[Image:Illinois 111.svg|25x20px]] Illinois Route 111
 * [[Image:Illinois 267.svg|25x20px]] Illinois Route 267

State protected areas

 * Mississippi River State Fish and Wildlife Area
 * Pere Marquette State Park

National protected areas

 * Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge (eastern portion)

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 22,985 people, 8,828 households, and 6,228 families residing in the county. The population density was 62.2 PD/sqmi. There were 9,848 housing units at an average density of 26.7 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 97.6% white, 0.4% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.0% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 42.8% were German, 14.7% were Irish, 10.6% were English, and 8.6% were American.

Of the 8,828 households, 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 29.5% were non-families, and 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.98. The median age was 40.5 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $53,470 and the median income for a family was $64,773. Males had a median income of $48,750 versus $31,789 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,368. About 5.6% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Grafton
 * Jerseyville

Villages

 * Brighton
 * Elsah
 * Fidelity
 * Fieldon

Town

 * Otterville

Unincorporated communities

 * Beltrees
 * Chautauqua
 * Delhi
 * Dow
 * East Newbern
 * Kemper
 * Lake Piasa
 * Lockhaven
 * McClusky
 * Newbern
 * New Delhi
 * Nutwood
 * Reardon
 * Reddish
 * Rosedale
 * Spankey

Townships
Jersey County is divided into eleven townships:

 * Elsah Township
 * English Township
 * Fidelity Township
 * Jersey Township
 * Mississippi Township
 * Otter Creek Township
 * Piasa Township
 * Quarry Township
 * Richwood Township
 * Rosedale Township
 * Ruyle Township

Population ranking
The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2020 census of Jersey County.

† county seat

Unified school districts

 * Alton Community Unit School District 11 - serves a very small portion of southern Jersey County (east of Elsah), along with northwestern Madison County.
 * Greenfield Community Unit School District 10 - serves a very small portion of northeastern Jersey County (west of Kemper), along with eastern Greene County.
 * Jersey Community Unit School District 100 - serves most of Jersey County, and a small portion of southern Greene County.
 * Southwestern Community Unit School District 9 - serves the northeastern and southeastern portions of Jersey County, along with southwestern Macoupin County.

High schools

 * Jersey Community High School, located in Jerseyville.

Colleges and universities

 * Principia College, located near Elsah.

Local
The Republican Party holds five of eight countywide elected positions as of 2022 as well as an eleven to one majority on the county board.

Jersey County is part of Regional Office of Education #40 which includes neighboring Macoupin, Calhoun and Greene counties. The office operates a facility in Jerseyville.

State
Jersey County is divided into two legislative districts in the Illinois House of Representatives:
 * District 100 - Currently represented by C. D. Davidsmeyer (R-Jacksonville) and consists of the majority of the county and includes the cities of Jerseyville and Grafton.
 * District 111 - Currently represented by Amy Elik (R-Fosterburg) and consists of the southern portion of the county and includes the village of Elsah.

The county is also divided into two legislative districts in the Illinois Senate:
 * District 50 - Currently represented by Steve McClure (R-Springfield) and consists of the majority of the county and includes the cities of Jerseyville and Grafton.
 * District 56 - Currently represented by Kristopher Tharp (D-Wood River) and consists of the southern portion of the county and includes the village of Elsah.

Federal
Jersey County's federal political history is fairly typical of “anti-Yankee” Southern Illinois counties. It voted solidly Democratic until Warren G. Harding carried the county in his record 1920 landslide. It voted Republican again in Herbert Hoover's landslide of 1928, but otherwise was firmly Democratic until World War II, when opposition to US involvement turned the county to Wendell Willkie and then Thomas E. Dewey. Between 1948 and 2004, Jersey County became something of a bellwether county, voting for every winning presidential candidate except in the Catholicism-influenced 1960 election, and that of 1988 which was heavily influenced by a major Midwestern drought. Disagreement with the Democratic Party's liberal views on social issues since the 1990s has caused a powerful swing back to the Republicans in the past quarter-century. As is typical of the Upland South, Hillary Clinton in 2016 did far worse than any previous Democrat, while Joe Biden performed marginally better in the 2020 election.

Jersey County is located in Illinois's 15th congressional district and is currently represented by Mary Miller (R-Oakland) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Notable people

 * Jennie Florella Holmes (1842–1892), suffragist and temperance activist

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Jefferson County, Illinois

Jefferson County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,113. The county seat is Mount Vernon.

Jefferson County contains the Mount Vernon, Illinois micropolitan area. It is located in the southern portion known locally as "Little Egypt".

The western border of the county adjoins the Greater St. Louis consolidated metropolitan statistical area, the Metro-East region, and the St. Louis commuter region and market and viewing area.

History
The first settler in Jefferson County is believed to have been Andrew Moore. In 1810, he settled near the southeast corner of the county, near where the Goshen Road emerges from the forest of Hamilton County into what is now known as Moore's Prairie. Moore arrived from the Goshen Settlement, near Edwardsville. His migration was therefore retrograde, from the west toward the interior of the State.

In 1814, Andrew Moore departed with his eight-year-old son for Jordan's settlement, a journey from which he never returned. A skull that was believed to have been Moore's was found several years later about two miles from his cabin. Jordan's Settlement, also called Jordan's Fort, was southeast of modern Thompsonville, Illinois, about twenty miles south of Moore's cabin. This episode occurred during the War of 1812 when many of the Indian tribes were allied with the British.

In 1816, Carter Wilkey, Daniel Crenshaw and Robert Cook settled in Moore's Prairie. Daniel Crenshaw moved into Moore's cabin. This settlement is believed to be the first permanent settlement in the county.

Jefferson County was organized in 1819, out of parts of White, Edwards and Franklin Counties. It was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson, principal draftsman of the Northwest Ordinance, among other things. The baseline along the northern border of the County crosses the Third Principal Meridian at the northwest corner of the county.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 584 sqmi, of which 571 sqmi is land and 13 sqmi (2.2%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Mount Vernon have ranged from a low of 19 °F in January to a high of 88 °F in July, although a record low of -21 °F was recorded in January 1994 and a record high of 114 °F was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.45 in in January to 4.58 in in May.

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-57.svg|20px]] Interstate 57
 * [[Image:I-64.svg|20px]] Interstate 64
 * [[Image:US 51.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 51
 * [[Image:Illinois 15.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 15
 * [[Image:Illinois 37.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 37
 * [[Image:Illinois 142.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 142
 * [[Image:Illinois 148.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 148

Transit

 * South Central Transit
 * List of intercity bus stops in Illinois

Adjacent counties

 * Marion County – north
 * Wayne County – northeast
 * Hamilton County – southeast
 * Franklin County – south
 * Perry County – southwest
 * Washington County – west

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States census, there were 38,827 people, 15,365 households, and 10,140 families residing in the county. The population density was 68.0 PD/sqmi. There were 16,954 housing units at an average density of 29.7 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 88.4% white, 8.4% black or African American, 0.6% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.8% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.1% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 24.3% were German, 15.8% were Irish, 13.6% were English, and 10.2% were American.

Of the 15,365 households, 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 34.0% were non-families, and 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.92. The median age was 40.6 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,161 and the median income for a family was $51,262. Males had a median income of $41,193 versus $29,645 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,370. About 12.4% of families and 17.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.8% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over.

Agencies
In 2015 the county police department announced that the words "In God We Trust" will be on police squad cars.

Jeff Bullard is the current Sheriff of Jefferson County.

Politics
Jefferson is politically a fairly typical “anti-Yankee” Southern Illinois county. Opposition to the “Yankee” Republican Party and that party's Civil War meant that Jefferson County voted solidly Democratic until Theodore Roosevelt carried the county in his 1904 landslide. It was to again vote Republican in the greater landslides of 1920 and 1928, but otherwise was firmly Democratic until World War II.

Following the New Deal, Jefferson became something of a bellwether county, voting for every winning presidential candidate between 1928 and 2004 except in the Catholicism-influenced 1960 election, and that of 1988 which was heavily influenced by a major Midwestern drought. Disagreement with the Democratic Party's liberal views on social issues since the 1990s has caused a powerful swing to the GOP in the past quarter-century: as is typical of the Upland South, Barack Obama in 2012 and Hillary Clinton did far worse than any previous Democrat.

Cities

 * Mount Vernon
 * Nason

Villages

 * Belle Rive
 * Bluford
 * Bonnie
 * Dix
 * Ina
 * Waltonville
 * Woodlawn

Census-designated place

 * Opdyke

Other unincorporated communities

 * Bakerville
 * Boyd
 * Camp Ground
 * Dareville
 * Divide
 * Drivers
 * Harmony
 * Roaches
 * Scheller
 * Texico

Townships
Jefferson County is divided into sixteen townships:

 * Bald Hill
 * Blissville
 * Casner
 * Dodds
 * Elk Prairie
 * Farrington
 * Field
 * Grand Prairie
 * McClellan
 * Moore's Prairie
 * Mt. Vernon
 * Pendleton
 * Rome
 * Shiloh
 * Spring Garden
 * Webber

Education
School districts include:

K-12:

 * Bluford Unit School District 318
 * Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10
 * Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196
 * Waltonville Community Unit School District 1
 * Wayne City Community Unit School District 100
 * Woodlawn Unit District 209

Secondary:

 * Benton Consolidated High School District 103
 * Centralia High School District 200
 * Mount Vernon Township High School District 201
 * Nashville Community High School District 99 – Primary school can go to Woodlawn School
 * Salem Community High School District 600

Elementary:

 * Ashley Community Consolidated School District 15 – Can attend secondary school in Woodlawn
 * Bethel School District 82
 * Centralia School District 135
 * Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115
 * Farrington Community Consolidated School District 99 – Can attend secondary school at Bluford
 * Field Community Consolidated School District 3
 * Grand Prairie Community Consolidated School District 6 – Can attend secondary school in Woodlawn
 * Kell Consolidated School District 2
 * McClellan Community Consolidated School District 12
 * Mount Vernon School District 80 – Can attend elementary school at Bluford and Woodlawn
 * Opdyke-Belle Rive Community Consolidated School District 5 – Can attend secondary school at Bluford
 * Spring Garden Community Consolidated School District 178
 * Rome Community Consolidated School District 2 – Can attend secondary school in Woodlawn
 * Summersville School District 79

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Jasper County, Illinois

Jasper County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 9,287. Its county seat is Newton.

History
Jasper County was formed in 1831 out of Clay and Crawford Counties. It was named for Sgt. William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero from South Carolina. During the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776, the staff of the American flag was shot away. Sgt. Jasper attached the flag to a pole and stood on the wall waving the flag at the British until a new staff was erected.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 498 sqmi, of which 495 sqmi is land and 3.6 sqmi (0.7%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Newton have ranged from a low of 18 °F in January to a high of 85 °F in July, although a record low of -28 °F was recorded in January 1994 and a record high of 112 °F was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.38 in in January to 4.39 in in May.

Adjacent counties

 * Cumberland County – north
 * Clark County – northeast
 * Crawford County – east
 * Richland County – south
 * Clay County – southwest
 * Effingham County – west

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 9,698 people, 3,940 households, and 2,800 families living in the county. The population density was 19.6 PD/sqmi. There were 4,345 housing units at an average density of 8.8 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 98.6% white, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% American Indian, 0.1% black or African American, 0.3% from other races, and 0.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0.8% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 39.5% were German, 12.5% were American, 11.0% were Irish, and 9.1% were English.

Of the 3,940 households, 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 28.9% were non-families, and 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.90. The median age was 42.7 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $46,546 and the median income for a family was $53,034. Males had a median income of $39,167 versus $24,856 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,467. About 6.3% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.6% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those aged 65 or over.

Education
Jasper County is largely served by Jasper County Community Unit School District 1, which is based in its county seat, Newton. Five of the district's six schools are located in Jasper County. Saint Thomas Catholic School is a private elementary school, also in Newton.

City

 * Newton (seat)

Villages

 * Hidalgo
 * Rose Hill
 * Ste. Marie
 * Wheeler
 * Willow Hill
 * Yale

Unincorporated communities

 * Bogota
 * Boos
 * Hunt City
 * Island Grove
 * Latona
 * West Liberty

Townships
Jasper County is divided into eleven townships:

 * Crooked Creek
 * Fox
 * Grandville
 * Grove
 * Hunt City
 * North Muddy
 * Sainte Marie
 * Smallwood
 * South Muddy
 * Wade
 * Willow Hill

Notable residents

 * Glenn Brummer, baseball catcher for the Major League Baseball St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers; member of the 1982 World Champion Cardinals
 * Irene Hunt, author of the classic Across Five Aprils
 * Albert Isley, Illinois judge, lawyer, and state senator
 * Burl Ives, folk singer, author, and actor
 * Ross Wolf, baseball pitcher; plays for the SK Wyverns of the Korea Baseball Championship; formerly played for several Major League Baseball teams

Politics
Jasper is politically a fairly typical "anti-Yankee" Southern Illinois county. Opposition to the "Yankee" Republican Party and that party's Civil War meant that Jasper County voted solidly Democratic until isolationist sentiment drove its voters to Warren G. Harding in 1920.

Since the New Deal, the county has shown a steady trend away from the Democratic Party due to major shifts in that party's views – initially on economic policies and since the 1990s on social issues. Only one Democrat, Lyndon Johnson, has won a majority since 1940 in his 1964 landslide. It appears to be a statistical change in the Upland South, that Barack Obama in 2012 and Hillary Clinton in 2016 did far worse than any previous Democrat candidates for president.

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Iroquois County, Illinois

Iroquois County is a county located in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it has a population of 27,077. It is the only county in the United States named Iroquois. The county seat is Watseka. The county is located along the border with Indiana.

History
Iroquois County was created on February 26, 1833, out of a portion of Vermilion County. It was named for the Iroquois River, which was itself named for the Iroquois people. The first county seat was established at the town of Iroquois in 1837, though no official buildings were constructed there and offices were rented. Several other sites for the county seat were examined, and in 1839 it was moved to Middleport; a court house and jail were built there. There was a long battle between Middleport and Watseka (also known as South Middleport) as to which should be the county seat; in 1865, it was finally moved to Watseka. The town of Middleport no longer exists, but there is a township of that name. A courthouse was built in Watseka in 1866 at a cost of $28,000 and included a jail in the basement; this building was expanded in 1881, and a new jail was built in 1893 just east of the courthouse.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1119 sqmi, of which 1117 sqmi is land and 1.6 sqmi (0.1%) is water. It is the third-largest county in Illinois by land area and the fifth-largest by total area.

The northern border of the county is about 60 mi south of the city of Chicago. The county is bordered on the east by the state of Indiana and its counties of Benton and Newton. To the north lies Kankakee County. Vermilion County, out of which Iroquois County was originally formed, lies to the south. To the west is Ford County.

The Iroquois River enters the county from Indiana and flows westward along the south side of the village of Iroquois, then along the north side of the city of Watseka, whereupon it veers to the north and joins the larger Kankakee River near the city of Kankakee in the county of the same name; the Kankakee River then flows into the Illinois River further to the northwest in Will County. Sugar Creek, further to the south, also flows from the east to the west, entering from Indiana east of Stockland; it passes through the south edge of Milford, is joined by Mud Creek coming up from the south, and winds to the north past the village of Woodland and meets the Iroquois River near Watseka.

The Iroquois County State Wildlife Area, a 2400 acre state park, is located in the northeast corner of the county. There are also three nature preserves: Bonnie's Prairie, Hooper Branch Savanna, and Loda Cemetery Prairie.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Watseka have ranged from a low of 14 °F in January to a high of 84 °F in July, although a record low of -28 °F was recorded in January 1999 and a record high of 105 °F was recorded in August 1988. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.61 in in January to 4.62 in in June.

Adjacent counties

 * Kankakee County - north
 * Newton County, Indiana - east
 * Benton County, Indiana - east
 * Vermilion County - south
 * Ford County - west

Transportation
Transit service in the county is provided by SHOW Bus, which operates a local bus route within Watseka. Amtrak provides intercity passenger rail service on the Illini and Saluki at Gilman station.

Interstate 57 passes through the west part of the county on its route between Champaign and Chicago. From north to south, it passes through or near Chebanse, Clifton, Ashkum, Danforth, Gilman, Onarga, Buckley, and Loda.

The county is bisected by the east–west U.S. Route 24, which passes through Gilman, Crescent City, the county seat of Watseka, and Sheldon.
 * I-57.svg Interstate 57
 * US 45.svg U.S. Highway 45
 * US 52.svg U.S. Highway 52
 * Illinois 1.svg Illinois Route 1
 * Illinois 49.svg Illinois Route 49
 * Illinois 54.svg Illinois Route 54
 * Illinois 116.svg Illinois Route 116

Several railroad lines pass through the county. The Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway operates a line that begins in Peoria and runs from east to west through Iroquois County, passing through Gilman and Watseka and continuing into Indiana. A Canadian National Railway line runs nearly parallel with Interstate 57 on its way to Chicago. A CSX Transportation line passes from north to south through the eastern part of the county; a Union Pacific line joins it south of Woodland. Further east, the Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad operates a north–south line.

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 29,718 people, 11,956 households, and 8,175 families residing in the county. The population density was 26.6 PD/sqmi. There were 13,452 housing units at an average density of 12.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 94.7% white, 0.8% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 2.6% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 5.3% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 36.5% were German, 14.1% were Irish, 12.2% were American, and 10.1% were English.

Of the 11,956 households, 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.6% were non-families, and 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.95. The median age was 43.4 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $47,323 and the median income for a family was $56,541. Males had a median income of $43,416 versus $27,908 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,400. About 8.2% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.1% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Gilman
 * Watseka

Villages

 * Ashkum
 * Beaverville
 * Buckley
 * Chebanse
 * Cissna Park
 * Clifton
 * Crescent City
 * Danforth
 * Donovan
 * Iroquois
 * Loda
 * Martinton
 * Milford
 * Onarga
 * Papineau
 * Sheldon
 * Thawville
 * Wellington
 * Woodland

Townships
In 1855, a popular vote resulted in the adoption of township government, which was implemented in 1856. At that time, eleven townships were created; they are listed below.

 * Ash Grove
 * Beaver
 * Belmont
 * Chebanse
 * Concord
 * Loda
 * Middleport
 * Milford
 * Onarga
 * Papineau
 * Stockland

Over the next several decades, more townships were created from the existing ones, for a final total of twenty-six. The newer townships are listed below in order of creation.

 * Martinton (1857)
 * Iroquois (1858)
 * Prairie Green (1858)
 * Ashkum (1861)
 * Douglas (1861)
 * Artesia (1864)
 * Fountain Creek (1868)
 * Lovejoy (1868)
 * Sheldon (1868)
 * Milks Grove (1872)
 * Pigeon Grove (1876)
 * Crescent (1877)
 * Danforth (1877)
 * Ridgeland (1878)
 * Beaverville (1916)

Unincorporated Communities

 * Bryce
 * Claytonville
 * Delrey
 * Eastburn
 * Effner
 * Fountain Creek
 * Goodwine
 * L'Erable
 * La Hogue
 * Pittwood
 * Stockland

Notable people

 * Fern Andra, movie actress and director from 1913 to 1930, born in Watseka in 1893
 * John Moisant, pioneering aviator and aeronautical engineer, born in L'Erable in 1868
 * John S. Darrough, recipient of the Medal of Honor, American Civil War, lived in the county from age 14.
 * Henry Bacon, architect, born in Wateska in 1866
 * Rex Everhart, Broadway actor who voiced the role of Maurice in the Disney Film "Beauty & The Beast," born in Watseka in 1920
 * Scott Garrelts, Pitcher, San Francisco Giants, 1st round draft pick in 1979 amateur draft, grew up in Buckley, graduated from Buckley-Loda High School
 * Ray A. Laird, president of Laredo Community College in Laredo, Texas, 1960 to 1974; born in Milford in 1907
 * Ole Rynning (1809–1838), Norwegian immigrant author
 * Fred J. Schraeder (1923-2016), Illinois state representative and businessman, born in Clifton

Politics
Throughout the rest of its history, Iroquois County has been among the most solidly Republican counties in Illinois. Since 1940 only Lyndon Johnson in his 1964 landslide has garnered forty percent of the county's vote for the Democratic Party, and only Bill Clinton in 1996 has topped 35 percent since 1968.

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Jackson County, Illinois

Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois with a population of 52,974 at the 2020 census, the county is located 98 miles southeast of St. Louis. Its county seat is Murphysboro, and its most populous city is Carbondale, home to the main campus of Southern Illinois University. The county was incorporated on January 10, 1816, and named for Andrew Jackson. The community of Brownsville served as the fledgling county's first seat.

Jackson County is included in the Carbondale-Marion, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt".

History
Human occupation of Jackson County began about 11,500 years ago. Extensive documentation of the area's indigenous peoples is ongoing. Exploration from the European explorers began with the Joliet-Marquette exploration along the Mississippi River. It was not until the 18th and 19th century when pioneer farmers began to settle in the area's inexpensive land along the Mississippi River and in the forested Shawnee hills with its one-hundred-foot trees.

As early as 1810 William Boone and his indentured servant Peter mined coal from the banks along Big Muddy River. This was Illinois' first coal mine. By 1813, Conrad Will, namesake of Will County, conducted a large salt extraction operation using slave labor on the banks of the Big Muddy River, south of today's Murphysboro. As this was in the "free" Northwest Territory, Will had to have a legal exemption to own slaves. Jackson County, Illinois' ninth county to be organized, was organized in 1816, having been carved out of Randolph County, Illinois on the north and Johnson County, Illinois on the South. It was named for Andrew Jackson, who had just defeated the British Army at the Battle of New Orleans. Brownsville, located near Will's salt works, was established as the county seat. When the courthouse burned in 1843, the county voted to move the county seat to a more central location. Murphysboro, located on land owned by Dr. John and Elizabeth (Jenkins) Logan, became the second county seat in September 1843. It was named after William C. Murphy, one of the three Commissioners appointed to select the site.

Civil War Major General John A. Logan, Dr. John and Elizabeth Logan's son, was born in what is now Murphysboro on February 9, 1826. During the Civil War he moved to Carbondale, about 10 mi east of his birthplace. He moved to Chicago in 1871. During his residence in Carbondale, he took part in a Memorial Day observation at that city's Woodlawn Cemetery. In 1868, Logan, as Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued General Order No. 11 which established Memorial Day as a national holiday.

On March 18, 1925, the great Tri-State Tornado ripped through Jackson County, leaving devastation in its path. The villages of Gorham and De Soto and the city of Murphysboro were hit especially hard.

The county courthouse is in downtown Murphysboro. The current reinforced concrete courthouse, completed in 1928, replaced earlier brick structures.

Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 602 sqmi, of which 584 sqmi is land and 18 sqmi (3.0%) is water. The average elevation is around 400 ft, except near the Mississippi River.

The first coal mine in Illinois was opened on the south bank of the Big Muddy River near the present-day Route 127 Bridge.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Murphysboro have ranged from a low of 21 °F in January to a high of 88 °F in July, although a record low of -25 °F was recorded in January 1977 and a record high of 113 °F was recorded in August 1930. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.91 in in January to 4.78 in in May.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 51.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 51
 * [[Image:Illinois 3.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 3
 * [[Image:Illinois 4.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 4
 * [[Image:Illinois 13.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 13
 * [[Image:Illinois 127.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 127
 * [[Image:Illinois 149.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 149
 * [[Image:Illinois 151.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 151

Local

 * Jackson County Mass Transit District
 * Saluki Express
 * South Central Transit

Intercity

 * Amtrak at Carbondale station
 * Greyhound Lines
 * List of intercity bus stops in Illinois

Adjacent counties

 * Perry County (north)
 * Franklin County (northeast)
 * Williamson County (east)
 * Union County (south)
 * Cape Girardeau County, Missouri (southwest)
 * Perry County, Missouri (west)
 * Randolph County (northwest)

Protected areas

 * Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (part)
 * Shawnee National Forest (part)
 * Giant City State Park

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 60,218 people, 25,538 households, and 12,621 families residing in the county. The population density was 103.1 PD/sqmi. There were 28,578 housing units at an average density of 48.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 77.8% white, 14.3% black or African American, 3.2% Asian, 0.4% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 1.6% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 4.0% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 26.0% were German, 14.5% were Irish, 10.6% were English, and 5.7% were American.

Of the 25,538 households, 23.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.5% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 50.6% were non-families, and 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.87. The median age was 29.1 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,169 and the median income for a family was $50,787. Males had a median income of $42,747 versus $31,244 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,294. About 17.4% of families and 28.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.1% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

Economy
Much of the county's economic situation is dependent upon Southern Illinois University Carbondale and the city of Carbondale. A rapidly developing city, it is part of the Metro Lakeland area consisting mainly of the major communities of Carbondale, Marion, Herrin, and Carterville. The outer regions of the Metro include Murphysboro, the rest of Jackson County, the rest of Williamson County, Perry County, and Saline County. Jackson County is also located near the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail.

Cities

 * Ava
 * Carbondale
 * Grand Tower
 * Murphysboro (seat)

Villages

 * Campbell Hill
 * De Soto
 * Dowell
 * Elkville
 * Gorham
 * Makanda
 * Vergennes

Census-designated place

 * Harrison

Unincorporated communities

 * Boskydell
 * Cora
 * Crain
 * Degognia
 * Dry Hill
 * Etherton
 * Glenn
 * Grimsby
 * Hallidayboro
 * Howardton
 * Jacob
 * Jones Ridge
 * Mount Carbon
 * Neunert
 * Oraville
 * Pomona
 * Raddle
 * Reeds Station
 * Sand Ridge
 * Sato
 * West Point

Ghost town

 * Brownsville

Townships

 * Bradley
 * Carbondale
 * DeSoto
 * Degognia
 * Elk
 * Fountain Bluff
 * Grand Tower
 * Kinkaid
 * Levan
 * Makanda
 * Murphysboro
 * Ora
 * Pomona
 * Sand Ridge
 * Somerset
 * Vergennes

Politics
Jackson County has had a distinctive political history owing to the combination of its typically “Southern” Southern Illinois culture combined with the presence in recent times of a strong student voter population in Carbondale.

In its early years Jackson County was solidly Democratic; no Republican presidential candidate won the county until 1888. In the following seven decades Jackson County turned solidly Republican, but incumbent Ronald Reagan was the last Republican to carry Jackson County.

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Henry County, Illinois

Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. The 2020 United States Census, listed its population at 49,284. Its county seat is Cambridge. Henry County is included in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Henry County was formed on January 13, 1825, out of Fulton County, Illinois. It is named for Patrick Henry, Revolutionary War firebrand and champion of individual rights, to whom the slogan "give me liberty, or give me death" is attributed. The county was settled by people from New England and western New York, descendants of English Puritans who settled New England in the colonial era. The New England settlers founded the five towns of Andover, Wethersfield, Geneseo, Morristown and La Grange.

The settlement of Cambridge came about in 1843, when the owner of the land in that area (Rev. Ithamar Pillsbury) dedicated a section of his properties to a town council; lots were sold to incoming settlers, and construction of the town proper began on June 9, 1843. The incoming "Yankee" settlers made Henry County culturally similar to early New England culture.

Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 826 sqmi, of which 823 sqmi is land and 2.7 sqmi (0.3%) is water. It is the 29th largest of Illinois' 102 counties. The area is fairly flat, with elevations ranging from 650 feet above sea level in the northwest to 850 in the southeast. About 456596 acre or 86.7% of the county's land area, is used for agriculture.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Cambridge have ranged from a low of 13 °F in January to a high of 86 °F in July, although a record low of -24 °F was recorded in February 1996 and a record high of 103 °F was recorded in July 1983. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.52 in in January to 4.32 in in August.

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-74.svg|20px]] Interstate 74
 * [[Image:I-80.svg|20px]] Interstate 80
 * [[Image:I-280.svg|20px]] Interstate 280
 * [[Image:US 6.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 6
 * [[Image:US 34.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 34
 * [[Image:Illinois 17.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 17
 * [[Image:Illinois 78.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 78
 * [[Image:Illinois 81.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 81
 * [[Image:Illinois 82.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 82
 * [[Image:Illinois 84.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 84
 * [[Image:Illinois 92.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 92
 * [[Image:Illinois 93.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 93

Adjacent counties

 * Rock Island County - northwest
 * Whiteside County - northeast
 * Bureau County - east
 * Stark County - southeast
 * Knox County - south
 * Mercer County - west

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 50,486 people, 20,373 households, and 14,149 families residing in the county. The population density was 61.3 PD/sqmi. There were 22,161 housing units at an average density of 26.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 94.8% white, 1.6% black or African American, 0.4% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 1.6% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 4.8% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 30.0% were German, 14.6% were Irish, 12.3% were Swedish, 11.5% were English, and 7.2% were American.

Of the 20,373 households, 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 30.6% were non-families, and 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.92. The median age was 41.8 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $49,164 and the median income for a family was $61,467. Males had a median income of $44,589 versus $30,992 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,915. About 6.8% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.9% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Colona
 * Galva
 * Geneseo
 * Kewanee

Towns

 * Annawan
 * Atkinson

Villages

 * Alpha
 * Andover
 * Bishop Hill
 * Cambridge
 * Cleveland
 * Coal Valley (partial)
 * Hooppole
 * Orion
 * Woodhull

Unincorporated communities

 * Aliceville
 * Briar Bluff
 * Brook Lawn
 * Dayton
 * German Corner
 * Green River
 * Green Rock
 * Hickory Hills
 * Level Acres
 * Lynn Center
 * Morristown
 * Nekoma
 * Opheim
 * Osco
 * Shady Beach
 * Sunny Hill
 * Sunny Hill Estates
 * Timber Ridge
 * Ulah
 * Warner
 * Woodcrest

Former communities

 * Kedron
 * Oxford
 * Saxon

Townships

 * Alba
 * Andover
 * Annawan
 * Atkinson
 * Burns
 * Cambridge
 * Clover
 * Colona
 * Cornwall
 * Edford
 * Galva
 * Geneseo
 * Hanna
 * Kewanee
 * Loraine
 * Lynn
 * Munson
 * Osco
 * Oxford
 * Phenix
 * Weller
 * Western
 * Wethersfield
 * Yorktown

Politics
Henry County's political history is fairly typical of many Yankee-settled rural counties in Illinois. After being largely Democratic in its first few elections, the county turned powerfully Republican for the 110 years following the formation of that party. The only time it did not vote Republican between 1856 and 1960 was in 1912 when the GOP was mortally divided and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt won a majority of the county's ballots. In 1964, when the Republican Party nominated the Southern-oriented Barry Goldwater, Henry County voted Democratic for the first time since 1852, but as was typical for Yankee counties it returned to the Republicans with the selection of the more moderate Richard Nixon.

In the 1980s, the transition of the Republican Party into a party largely based around Southern Evangelicals severely alienated its historic Yankee base: Henry County turned to Democrat Michael Dukakis in 1988, and voted Democratic in every election between 1988 and 2012 except that of 2004 when George W. Bush carried the county by 5.1 percent. However, concern with unemployment and trade deals in the “Rust Belt” resulted in a powerful swing to Republican Donald Trump in 2016 – the worst Democratic result in the county since Jimmy Carter in 1980. In 2020, Trump built on his win in 2016, capturing 60% of the vote - the highest Republican percentage in 40 years.

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Henderson County, Illinois

Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it has a population of 6,387. Its county seat is Oquawka.

Henderson County is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Henderson County was formed in 1841 from a portion of Warren County. It was named for Henderson County, Kentucky, which was named for Richard Henderson, founder of the Transylvania Company, an early attempt to organize what later became Kentucky around 1775.

Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 395 sqmi, of which 379 sqmi is land and 16 sqmi (4.1%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Oquawka have ranged from a low of 15 °F in January to a high of 85 °F in July, although a record low of -26 °F was recorded in February 1996 and a record high of 105 °F was recorded in August 1983. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.31 in in January to 4.48 in in July.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 34.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 34
 * [[Image:Illinois 94.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 94
 * [[Image:Illinois 96.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 96
 * [[Image:Illinois 116.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 116
 * [[Image:Illinois 164.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 164

Adjacent counties

 * Mercer County - north
 * Warren County - east
 * McDonough County - southeast
 * Hancock County - south
 * Lee County, Iowa - southwest
 * Des Moines County, Iowa - west

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 7,331 people, 3,149 households, and 2,127 families residing in the county. The population density was 19.3 PD/sqmi. There were 3,827 housing units at an average density of 10.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 98.2% white, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.2% black or African American, 0.1% Pacific islander, 0.2% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.1% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 24.4% were German, 14.5% were Irish, 11.9% were English, 5.9% were Swedish, and 5.0% were American.

Of the 3,149 households, 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.5% were non-families, and 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.78. The median age was 47.2 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $43,450 and the median income for a family was $55,154. Males had a median income of $41,052 versus $27,426 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,492. About 7.8% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.3% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
As part of Yankee-settled Northern Illinois, Henderson County was solidly Whig in its first three elections and then equally Republican from that party's formation until the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 was the first Democrat to win it, but the county returned to Republican Alf Landon in 1936 and was not won by a Democrat until the GOP nominated the southern-oriented conservative Barry Goldwater in 1964.

After that, like many Yankee counties, it returned to its Republican roots between 1968 and 1984, but with the shift of the GOP to a Southern Evangelical perspective Henderson County turned reliably Democratic in presidential elections from 1988 to 2012. Republican Donald Trump carried the county with over 61 percent of the vote in 2016; the highest percentage won by any Republican candidate since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, and for then Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, it was the lowest by a Democrat since Al Smith in 1928.

Henderson County is located in Illinois's 17th Congressional District and is currently represented by Democrat Cheri Bustos. For the Illinois House of Representatives, the county is located in the 94th district and is currently represented by Republican Randy Frese. The county is located in the 47th district of the Illinois Senate, and is currently represented by Republican Jil Tracy.

City

 * Dallas City (partly in Hancock County)

Villages

 * Biggsville
 * Gladstone
 * Gulf Port
 * Lomax
 * Media
 * Oquawka
 * Raritan
 * Stronghurst

Unincorporated communities

 * Bald Bluff
 * Carman
 * Carthage Lake
 * Decorra
 * Hopper
 * Olena
 * Shokonon
 * Terre Haute

Townships
Henderson County is divided into eleven townships:

 * Bald Bluff
 * Biggsville
 * Carman
 * Gladstone
 * Lomax
 * Media
 * Oquawka
 * Raritan
 * Rozetta
 * Stronghurst
 * Terre Haute

State and Federal facilities

 * Big River State Forest - 2,900 acre preserve adjacent to the Mississippi River (1925)
 * Delabar State Park - 89 acre preserve adjacent to the Mississippi River (1960)
 * Oquawka State Wildlife Refuge

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Talk:Washington County, Utah

Diamond Valley
The community of Diamond Valley should be listed. It has a larger population than some others on the list. 2600:6C40:6A3F:DE17:742D:10E7:D629:1C67 (talk) 01:01, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. -- Beland (talk) 03:03, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Internal map needed
This article could use a map showing the internal boundaries of municipalities, along the lines of File:Map of Erie County, New York.png. -- Beland (talk) 18:20, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Not the same, but there is File:Washington County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas.svg. Ntsimp (talk) 15:07, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Aha, good find! I added it to the article for the moment. While browsing through other states I figured out the Census has interior maps of all counties of all states that show both boundaries and place names; for Utah, that's . It's a bit cluttered, but can be freely copied. -- Beland (talk) 05:16, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, and I think the labels on the unincorporated areas there ("ST. GEORGE", "HURRICANE", and "ENTERPRISE") are census county divisions. They are named after the closest major incorporated areas, which is definitely confusing. -- Beland (talk) 05:21, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

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Hardin County, Illinois

Hardin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 3,649, making it the least populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Elizabethtown. Hardin County is located in the part of the state known as Little Egypt. Hardin County was named for Hardin County, Kentucky, which was named in honor of Colonel John Hardin, an officer in the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War.

History
Hardin County was formed in 1839 from Pope County. Additional area was later added from Gallatin County. Hardin County was named for Hardin County, Kentucky, which was named in honor of Colonel John Hardin, an officer in the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War. Hardin was murdered by Shawnee Indians while he was on a peace mission in 1792 for President George Washington, in what is now Shelby County, Ohio. In the 1790s and early 1800s, the Hardin County area, especially Cave-In-Rock, was notorious as a stronghold used by outlaws, bandits, river pirates, and counterfeiters.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 182 sqmi, of which 178 sqmi is land and 4.1 sqmi (2.2%) is water. It is the second-smallest county in Illinois by area.

Hicks Dome (37.53139°N, -88.36833°W) is a geological feature in Hardin County. The Hicks Dome is underlain by ultramafic igneous rocks and igneous diatremes or breccia pipes. Most geologists accept the theory that the older rocks at the center of the uplift are a result of this deep-seated igneous activity. This activity may also have provided the fluorine in the fluorspar deposits in the region. Fluorspar, or calcium fluoride, was mined in Hardin County until the early 1990s.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Elizabethtown have ranged from a low of 21 °F in January to a high of 87 °F in July, although a record low of -22 °F was recorded in January 1994 and a record high of 104 °F was recorded in August 2007. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 3.22 in in October to 5.02 in in May.

Adjacent counties

 * Gallatin County - north
 * Union County, Kentucky - east
 * Crittenden County, Kentucky - south
 * Livingston County, Kentucky - southwest
 * Pope County - west
 * Saline County - northwest

Transit

 * Rides Mass Transit District

Major highways

 * [[Image:Illinois 1.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 1
 * [[Image:Illinois 34.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 34
 * [[Image:Illinois 146.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 146

National protected area

 * Shawnee National Forest (part)

Demographics
As of the 2010 census, there were 4,320 people, 1,915 households, and 1,234 families residing in the county. The population density was 24.3 PD/sqmi. There were 2,488 housing units at an average density of 14.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 97.3% white, 0.6% American Indian, 0.5% Asian, 0.3% black or African American, 0.1% Pacific islander, 0.3% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.3% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 26.5% were Irish, 23.8% were German, 10.4% were English, and 4.3% were American.

Of the 1,915 households, 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 35.6% were non-families, and 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.78. The median age was 46.3 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,578 and the median income for a family was $38,576. Males had a median income of $42,955 versus $26,683 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,515. About 17.4% of families and 22.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 37.4% of those under age 18 and 14.6% of those age 65 or over.

City

 * Rosiclare

Villages

 * Cave-In-Rock
 * Elizabethtown

Unincorporated communities

 * Cadiz
 * Eichorn
 * Finneyville
 * Gross
 * Hicks
 * Karbers Ridge
 * Lamb
 * Loves Corner
 * Peters Creek
 * Rock Creek
 * Saline Landing
 * Shetlerville
 * Sparks Hill

Precincts

 * Cave-In-Rock Precinct
 * East Rosiclare Precinct
 * McFarlan Precinct
 * Monroe Precinct
 * Rock Precinct
 * Rosiclare Precinct
 * Stone Church Precinct
 * West Rosiclare Precinct

Ghost towns

 * Battery Rock
 * Chambers Creek
 * Fairview Landing
 * Grosville
 * Hall Ridge
 * Hester
 * Illinois Furnace
 * Lambtown
 * Martha Furnace
 * McFarlan
 * Parkinson's Landing
 * Robin's Ferry
 * Sellers
 * Sellers Landing
 * Twitchell's Mills
 * Wolrab Mills

Notable people

 * Jeremiah Patton (composer/musician) | 1980-present, musician principal composer/arranger/lead guitarist for the acclaimed, award winning band Ceremony of Darkness, co-founder of Grave Robber Records
 * James Ford (1775-1833), civic leader and secret criminal leader of a gang of Ohio River pirates and highwaymen
 * James Karber (1914–1976), Illinois lawyer, businessman, and politician
 * Isaiah L. Potts (1784?-after 1843), tavern keeper of the notorious Potts Tavern who, allegedly, ran a gang of pirates and highwaymen
 * Jennifer Rhodes (1947-), television and film actress from Rosiclare
 * Sturdivant Gang, 19th century counterfeiters in Rosiclare

Politics
In its early history, Hardin County was opposed to the “Yankee” Republican Party and its Civil War against the South – with whom it was closely allied both culturally and economically. It did not vote for a Republican presidential candidate until Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 landslide.

Since 1904, however, Hardin County has turned powerfully Republican. Like the nearby counties of Johnson, Massac and Pope, it managed to remain loyal to William Howard Taft during the 1912 election when the Republican Party was mortally divided. Hardin County would next be carried by a Democratic presidential candidate in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1932 landslide victory, and not after that until Lyndon Johnson in 1964. The county did trend Democratic in the following three decades, actually voting more Democratic than the nation at-large between 1972 and 1996. Nonetheless, since 2000 Hardin County has followed the same political trajectory as Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia and Appalachian regions of adjacent states, whereby the Democratic Party's liberal views on social issues have produced dramatic swings to the Republican Party amongst its almost entirely Southern white population. The past six Presidential elections have observed a swing totalling 79 percentage points to the GOP, with Hillary Clinton in 2016 receiving barely half the proportion of the worst-performing Democrat from before 2010.

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Hancock County, Illinois

Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,620. Its county seat is Carthage, and its largest city is Hamilton. The county is composed of rural towns with many farmers.

Hancock County is part of the Fort Madison-Keokuk, IA-IL-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Hancock County was part of the "Military Tract" set aside by Congress to reward veterans of the War of 1812. Actual settlement of the interior of the county was delayed by concerns about hostile American Indians. After their defeat in the Blackhawk War in 1832, settlement proceeded quickly.

Hancock County was formed, on January 13, 1825, out of Pike County. It was named in honor of John Hancock, who signed the Declaration of Independence.

For a brief period in the 1840s Hancock had one of Illinois' most populous cities: Nauvoo, which was then headquarters for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The movement's founder Joseph Smith was killed in the county seat of Carthage in 1844. Most Mormons left Hancock County in the 1840s. Today, Latter Day Saints come in increasing numbers to important Latter Day Saint sites in Hancock County, partly for vacation and partly for religious pilgrimage.

The original courthouse was at Montebello. Montebello no longer exists but was between Nauvoo and Hamilton. In 1833 the state commissioned the formation of the county seat at Carthage, which was centrally located but not well developed. A log cabin was built to serve as the courthouse and served that purpose until 1839 when the second Carthage Courthouse was built. The original log cabin continued to serve as a school and other purposes until 1945 when it was removed.

The second courthouse cost $3,700 to build and served from 1839 until 1906. It served as a location for Stephen A. Douglas (October 11, 1858) and Abraham Lincoln (October 22, 1858) to speak to residents as they were running against each other for the US Senate. In 1906 it was removed to make room for the current courthouse.

The current courthouse was dedicated October 21, 1908.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 814 sqmi, of which 794 sqmi is land and 21 sqmi (2.5%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Carthage have ranged from a low of 13 °F in January to a high of 87 °F in July, although a record low of -30 °F was recorded in February 1905 and a record high of 113 °F was recorded in August 1934. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.47 in in January to 4.58 in in May.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 136.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 136
 * [[Image:Illinois 9.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 9
 * [[Image:Illinois 61.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 61
 * [[Image:Illinois 94.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 94
 * [[Image:Illinois 96.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 96
 * [[Image:Illinois 336.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 336

Adjacent counties

 * Lee County, Iowa - northwest
 * Henderson County - northeast
 * McDonough County - east
 * Schuyler County - southeast
 * Adams County - south
 * Lewis County, Missouri - southwest
 * Clark County, Missouri - west

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 19,104 people, 8,040 households, and 5,427 families residing in the county. The population density was 24.1 PD/sqmi. There were 9,274 housing units at an average density of 11.7 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 98.0% white, 0.3% black or African American, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 0.3% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.0% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 34.7% were German, 13.8% were English, 13.2% were American, and 12.1% were Irish.

Of the 8,040 households, 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.5% were non-families, and 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.85. The median age was 44.6 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,857 and the median income for a family was $55,162. Males had a median income of $41,609 versus $27,648 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,885. About 8.9% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.8% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
Hancock County is in Illinois's 15th Congressional District and is currently represented by Republican Mary Miller. For the Illinois House of Representatives, the county is in the 94th district and is represented by Republican Randy Frese. The county is in the 47th district of the Illinois Senate, and is represented by Republican Jil Tracy.

In presidential elections, Hancock County usually favors Republican candidates, having voted for Democratic presidential candidates only four times during the period of 1940 to 2020 (in 1964, 1988, 1992, and 1996).

Cities

 * Carthage (seat)
 * Dallas City (partly in Henderson County)
 * Hamilton
 * La Harpe
 * Nauvoo
 * Warsaw

Town

 * Bentley

Villages

 * Augusta
 * Basco
 * Bowen
 * Elvaston
 * Ferris
 * Plymouth
 * Pontoosuc
 * West Point

Unincorporated communities

 * Adrian
 * Breckenridge
 * Burnside
 * Chili
 * Colusa
 * Denver
 * Disco
 * Durham
 * Elderville
 * Fountain Green
 * Joetta
 * La Crosse
 * McCall
 * Middle Creek
 * Niota
 * Old Niota
 * Powellton
 * Saint Mary
 * Stillwell
 * Sutter
 * Tioga
 * Webster

Forts

 * Fort Johnson
 * Fort Edwards

Townships
Hancock County is divided into twenty-four townships:

 * Appanoose
 * Augusta
 * Bear Creek
 * Carthage
 * Chili
 * Dallas City
 * Durham
 * Fountain Green
 * Hancock
 * Harmony
 * La Harpe
 * Montebello
 * Nauvoo
 * Pilot Grove
 * Pontoosuc
 * Prairie
 * Rock Creek
 * Rocky Run-Wilcox
 * St. Albans
 * St. Mary
 * Sonora
 * Walker
 * Warsaw
 * Wythe

Education
The following is a list of all school districts with any territory in Hancock County, no matter how slight, even if the schools and/or administrative headquarters are in other counties.

K-12:
 * Community Unit School District 4
 * Hamilton Community Consolidated School District 328
 * Nauvoo-Colusa Community Unit School District 325 - A K-12 district, but it has an arrangement with Warsaw district where Nauvoo-Colusa sends its high schoolers to Warsaw while Warsaw sends its junior high school students to Nauvoo-Colusa
 * Southeastern Community Unit School District 337
 * Warsaw Community Unit School District 316 - A K-12 district, but it has an arrangement with Warsaw district where Warsaw sends its junior high school students to Nauvoo-Colusa while Nauvoo-Colusa sends its high schoolers to Warsaw
 * West Prairie Community Unit School District 103

Secondary:
 * Illini West High School District 307

Elementary:
 * Carthage Elementary School District 317
 * Dallas Elementary School District 327
 * La Harpe Community School District 347

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Hamilton County, Illinois

Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. At the 2020 census, its population was 7,993. Its county seat is McLeansboro. It is located in the southern portion of the state known locally as "Little Egypt".

History
Hamilton County was formed out of White County in 1821. It is named for Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary War hero and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.

On March 18, 1925, the infamous Tri-State Tornado tore across the county, destroying dozens of homes and farms in Flannigan, Twigg, Mayberry and Crook townships, and killing 37 people.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 436 sqmi, of which 435 sqmi is land and 1.2 sqmi (0.3%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of McLeansboro have ranged from a low of 20 °F in January to a high of 89 °F in July, although a record low of -23 °F was recorded in January 1930 and a record high of 113 °F was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.76 in in February to 4.67 in in May.

Transit

 * Rides Mass Transit District

Major highways

 * [[Image:Illinois 14.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 14
 * [[Image:Illinois 142.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 142
 * [[Image:Illinois 242.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 242

Adjacent counties

 * Wayne County - north
 * White County - east
 * Gallatin County - southeast
 * Saline County - south
 * Franklin County - west
 * Jefferson County - northwest

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 8,457 people, 3,489 households, and 2,376 families residing in the county. The population density was 19.5 PD/sqmi. There were 4,104 housing units at an average density of 9.4 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 98.2% white, 0.4% black or African American, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.3% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.2% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 33.1% were German, 20.7% were Irish, 11.4% were English, and 10.3% were American.

Of the 3,489 households, 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.9% were non-families, and 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91. The median age was 43.1 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,032 and the median income for a family was $50,878. Males had a median income of $45,245 versus $23,491 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,602. About 8.2% of families and 14.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.5% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

City

 * McLeansboro

Incorporated town

 * Belle Prairie City

Villages

 * Broughton
 * Dahlgren
 * Macedonia (partly in Franklin County)

Unincorporated communities

 * Aden
 * Blairsville (Flannigan's Store)
 * Braden
 * Dale
 * Delafield
 * Piopolis
 * Rural Hill
 * Tuckers Corners
 * West Rural Hill

Townships
Hamilton County is divided into twelve townships:

 * Beaver Creek
 * Crook
 * Crouch
 * Dahlgren
 * Flannigan
 * Knights Prairie
 * Mayberry
 * McLeansboro
 * South Crouch
 * South Flannigan
 * South Twigg
 * Twigg

Politics
Like most of Southern-leaning Southern Illinois, Hamilton County was heavily Democratic before the Civil War, and unlike such counties as Johnson, Pope and Massac, it did not turn Republican after the war. Not until 1920, when isolationist sentiments turned many voters against the party of Woodrow Wilson, did Hamilton County vote Republican, and Herbert Hoover was to carry the county in 1928 due to anti-Catholic sentiment against Al Smith.

From 1940 onwards, when Wendell Willkie carried the county due to opposition to involvement in World War II, Hamilton has become increasingly Republican. Although Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1992 all gained absolute majorities for the Democratic Party, since 1992, as with all traditionally Democratic parts of the Upland South, a rapid swing to the Republicans has taken place.

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Grundy County, Illinois

Grundy County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 52,533. Its county seat is Morris.

Grundy County is part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In 2010, the center of population of Illinois was in Grundy County, just northeast of the village of Mazon.

Illinois's state fossil, the unique and bizarre Tully Monster, was first found in Mazon Creek. Grundy County is home to Dresden Generating Station—the first privately financed nuclear power plant built in the United States—and the Morris Operation—the only de facto high-level radioactive waste storage site in the United States.

History
Grundy County was established on February 17, 1841. It was formed out of LaSalle County and named after U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy (1777–1840). The county was well known for its coal mines and attracted miners from Pennsylvania and other regions to work its deposits. The 1883 Diamond Mine Disaster occurred in Grundy County. The disaster took the lives of 69 men and boys who were trapped underground when water broke through into the mine after days of heavy rain and the pumps could not keep up with the rising water. 22 bodies were eventually recovered, the remaining 44 were left in the mine and the mine was sealed. Today a marker stands near where it was believed the majority of victims were entombed.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 430 sqmi, of which 418 sqmi is land and 12 sqmi (2.9%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Morris have ranged from a low of 13 °F in January to a high of 85 °F in July, although a record low of -24 °F was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 103 °F was recorded in June 1988. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.59 in in February to 4.16 in in June.

Major highways

 * US 66 (historic).svg US 66
 * US 66 (historic).svg US 66
 * US 66 (historic).svg US 66
 * US 66 (historic).svg US 66

Adjacent counties

 * Kendall (north)
 * Will (east)
 * Kankakee (southeast)
 * Livingston (south)
 * LaSalle (west)

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 50,063 people, 18,546 households, and 13,431 families residing in the county. The population density was 119.8 PD/sqmi. There were 19,996 housing units at an average density of 47.8 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 93.7% white, 1.2% black or African American, 0.7% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 2.7% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 8.2% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 28.3% were German, 23.0% were Irish, 12.7% were Italian, 9.4% were Polish, 8.6% were English, 7.1% were Norwegian, and 3.0% were American.

Of the 18,546 households, 38.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 27.6% were non-families, and 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.16. The median age was 36.1 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $64,297 and the median income for a family was $75,000. Males had a median income of $58,491 versus $36,592 for females. The per capita income for the county was $27,895. About 5.2% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

City

 * Morris

Villages

 * Braceville (part)
 * Carbon Hill
 * Channahon (part)
 * Coal City (part)
 * Diamond (part)
 * Dwight (part)
 * East Brooklyn
 * Gardner
 * Godley (part)
 * Kinsman
 * Mazon
 * Minooka (mostly)
 * Seneca (part)
 * South Wilmington
 * Verona

Former Communities

 * Jugtown

Townships
Grundy County is divided into seventeen townships:

 * Aux Sable
 * Braceville
 * Erienna
 * Felix
 * Garfield
 * Goodfarm
 * Goose Lake
 * Greenfield
 * Highland
 * Maine
 * Mazon
 * Morris
 * Nettle Creek
 * Norman
 * Saratoga
 * Vienna
 * Wauponsee

Unincorporated communities

 * Mazonia
 * Paytonville
 * Nettle Creek
 * Wauponsee

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Greene County, Illinois

Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it has a population of 11,843. Its county seat is Carrollton.

A notable archaeological area, the Koster Site, has produced evidence of more than 7,000 years of human habitation. Artifacts from the site are displayed at the Center for American Archeology in Kampsville, Illinois.

History
Greene County is named in honor of General Nathanael Greene, a hero of the American Revolutionary War. In 1821, three years after Illinois became a state, Greene County was established, being carved out of what was previously Madison county and St. Clair county before that. Over the course of the next 18 years four more counties were formed out of what was once Greene Country. These include Scott, Morgan, Macoupin and Jersey counties. This left Greene county with approximately 546 square miles of land located in western-central Illinois near the Illinois River, which was an important resource that provided both a means for travel and to ship goods. Like much of southern Illinois the earliest settlers in the county came from Southern states such as North and South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. By the time of the Civil War, 1860, the population of Greene County had grown to 16,093 and 10% of the adult population had been born in the Northeast, 15% were foreign born, 25% were born in Southern states, and almost 50% had been born in the Midwest. Of the population born in the Midwest many could still trace their roots to the South, with almost 80% of them having parents born in a Southern state.

Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 546 sqmi, of which 543 sqmi is land and 3.3 sqmi (0.6%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Carrollton have ranged from a low of 16 °F in January to a high of 87 °F in July, although a record low of -26 °F was recorded in January 1912 and a record high of 113 °F was recorded in July 1934. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.60 in in January to 4.34 in in May.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 67.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 67
 * [[Image:Illinois 16.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 16
 * [[Image:Illinois 100.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 100
 * [[Image:Illinois 106.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 106
 * [[Image:Illinois 108.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 108
 * [[Image:Illinois 267.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 267

Adjacent counties

 * Scott County - north
 * Morgan County - north
 * Macoupin County - east
 * Jersey County - south
 * Calhoun County - southwest
 * Pike County - northwest

National protected area

 * Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge (part: Apple Creek Division)

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 13,886 people, 5,570 households, and 3,777 families living in the county. The population density was 25.6 PD/sqmi. There were 6,389 housing units at an average density of 11.8 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 97.9% white, 0.9% black or African American, 0.2% American Indian, 0.1% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0.8% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 30.7% were German, 14.7% were Irish, 13.3% were English, and 12.1% were American.

Of the 5,570 households, 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.2% were non-families, and 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.95. The median age was 41.6 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,450 and the median income for a family was $52,049. Males had a median income of $38,185 versus $27,231 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,107. About 11.8% of families and 15.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.1% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Carrollton
 * Greenfield
 * Roodhouse
 * White Hall

Villages

 * Eldred
 * Hillview
 * Kane
 * Rockbridge
 * Wilmington

Unincorporated communities

 * Barrow
 * Belltown
 * Drake
 * Fayette
 * Wrights

Townships

 * Athensville
 * Bluffdale
 * Carrollton
 * Kane
 * Linder
 * Patterson
 * Rockbridge
 * Roodhouse
 * Rubicon
 * Walkerville
 * White Hall
 * Woodville
 * Wrights

Population ranking
The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2020 census of Greene County.

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Politics
Greene County was reliably Democratic from the beginning through 1948; only one Republican Party nominee carried the county vote during that period. Since then it has usually voted for the Republican presidential nominee (14 of 18 elections).

As one of the most northerly “southern” counties in Illinois, Greene County was rock-ribbed Democratic for the seventy years after the Civil War, which it opposed as a “Yankee” war. Not until considerable anti-Catholic sentiment against Al Smith turned many voters to Herbert Hoover did the county support a Republican presidential nominee. However, with the coming of World War II, opposition to American involvement led to gains for Wendell Willkie and Thomas E. Dewey, although apart from the 1960 election – also influenced by Catholicism – Greene was a bellwether county throughout the period from 1928 to 2004.

Hillary Clinton’s 2016 tally of 21.68 percent of the county’s vote is 14.3 percent worse than any Democrat presidential candidate before 2012.

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Gallatin County, Illinois

Gallatin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 4,946, making it the third-least populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Shawneetown. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as Little Egypt. Located at the mouth of the Wabash River, Gallatin County, along with neighboring Posey County, Indiana, and Union County, Kentucky form the tri-point of the Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky Tri-State Area.

History
Salt production served as the state's first major industry in the early 19th century. Saltworks developed first by Native Americans, and the French had settled at the Great Salt Spring on the south side of the Saline River, about five miles downstream from Equality. Beginning in 1803, salt works were also developed at Half Moon Lick, southwest of Equality on the north side of the Saline River. Half Moon Lick is now on private land, but the Great Salt Springs are on public lands in the Shawnee National Forest, about one mile west of the Saline River bridge across Illinois Route 1 on Salt Well Road.

Gallatin County was organized in 1812 from land formerly in Randolph County. It was named for Albert Gallatin, who was then Secretary of the Treasury. The bank at Shawneetown was the first in Illinois. It was originally in the John Marshall House, which has been rebuilt and serves as the museum of the Gallatin County Historical Society. This should not be confused with the State Bank of Illinois building, which is a state historic site a block away in Old Shawneetown

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 328 sqmi, of which 323 sqmi is land and 5.1 sqmi (1.6%) is water.

The Wabash and Ohio rivers join in the northeastern part of the county. The Saline River is a major drainage in the county, and it feeds into the Ohio River.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Shawneetown have ranged from a low of 21 °F in January to a high of 87 °F in July, although a record low of -22 °F was recorded in January 1994 and a record high of 104 °F was recorded in August 2007. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 3.22 in in October to 5.02 in in May.

Politics
As the most culturally Southern of all Illinois counties, Gallatin County was pro-Confederate during the Civil War and even provided a few volunteers to the Confederate Army. It then became solidly Democratic for the next century and a third, voting Republican only in the GOP landslides of 1920, 1952, 1972 and 1980. Even in those four elections, no Republican candidate received more than Richard Nixon’s 53.7 percent in his 3,000-plus-county 1972 triumph. Since 2000, Gallatin County has followed the same political trajectory as Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia and Appalachian regions of adjacent states, whereby the Democratic Party’s liberal views on social issues have produced dramatic swings to the Republican Party amongst its almost entirely Southern white population. Over the five elections from 2000 to 2016, Gallatin County has seen a swing of 84 percentage points to the Republican Party – an average of 17 percentage points per election – so that Hillary Clinton’s 24.3 percent vote share in 2016 is barely half the worst Democratic percentage from before 2010. However, despite its sharp rightward turn, it followed the wave in 2008 within the state that elected Barack Obama president, who remains the last Democrat to win the county in a presidential election. In 1994, Gallatin County was the only one in the state to vote for the Democratic candidate for governor. It voted for the Democrat in every gubernatorial election from 1924 to 2006, finally flipping in 2010 and then voting Republican again in 2014 and 2018.

Transit

 * Rides Mass Transit District

Major highways

 * US 45.svg U.S. Highway 45
 * Illinois 1.svg Illinois Route 1
 * Illinois 13.svg Illinois Route 13
 * Illinois 141.svg Illinois Route 141
 * Illinois 142.svg Illinois Route 142

Adjacent counties

 * White County - north
 * Posey County, Indiana - northeast
 * Union County, Kentucky - east
 * Hardin County - south
 * Saline County - west
 * Hamilton County - northwest

National protected area

 * Shawnee National Forest (part)

2020
As of the 2020 census, there were 4,946 people, 2,155 households, and 3,764 families residing in the county The racial makeup of the county was 95.03% white, 0.102% American Indian, 0.526% black or African American, 0.486% Asian, 0.445% from other races, and 3.013% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.072% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 18.1% were German, 13.6% were Irish, 14% were English.

The median income for a household in the county was $51,868 and the median income for a family was $65,833.

City

 * Shawneetown

Villages

 * Equality
 * Junction
 * New Haven
 * Old Shawneetown
 * Omaha
 * Ridgway

Unincorporated communities

 * Cottonwood
 * Elba
 * Kedron
 * Lawler

Townships

 * Asbury
 * Bowlesville
 * Eagle Creek
 * Equality
 * Gold Hill
 * New Haven
 * North Fork
 * Omaha
 * Ridgway
 * Shawnee

title: Gallatin County, Illinois