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Mercer County, Illinois

Mercer County is a county in Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 15,699. Its county seat is Aledo.

Mercer County is included in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Mercer County is named for Hugh Mercer (1726–1777), a physician and general during the American Revolution who died from wounds suffered at the Battle of Princeton.

In May 1812, Congress passed an act which set aside lands in Arkansas, Michigan, and Illinois as payment to volunteer soldiers in the War of 1812. Mercer County was part of this "Military Tract."

Seven years after Illinois became a state, Mercer County was founded. It was formed from unorganized territory near Pike County on January 13, 1825. Although the county had been created, its government was not organized for several years; for administration purposes it was attached first to Schuyler County (until 1826), then to Peoria (until 1831), and finally to Warren County. The organization of the county government was finally completed in 1835, after a large influx of settlers following the Black Hawk War.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 569 sqmi, of which 561 sqmi is land and 7.5 sqmi (1.3%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Aledo have ranged from a low of 11 °F in January to a high of 84 °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 July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.27 in in January to 4.43 in in June.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 67.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 67
 * [[Image:Illinois 17.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 17
 * [[Image:Illinois 94.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 94
 * [[Image:Illinois 135.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 135

Adjacent counties

 * Rock Island County - north
 * Henry County - east
 * Knox County - southeast
 * Henderson County - south
 * Warren County - south
 * Des Moines County, Iowa - southwest
 * Louisa County, Iowa - west

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 16,434 people, 6,734 households, and 4,724 families residing in the county. The population density was 29.3 PD/sqmi. There were 7,358 housing units at an average density of 13.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 98.3% white, 0.3% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% American Indian, 0.3% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.9% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 25.9% were German, 18.2% were Irish, 11.3% were English, 9.4% were Swedish, and 7.4% were American.

Of the 6,734 households, 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 29.8% were non-families, and 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.88. The median age was 43.7 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $50,909 and the median income for a family was $62,025. Males had a median income of $46,136 versus $30,392 for females. The per capita income for the county was $25,332. About 8.2% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Aledo
 * Keithsburg
 * New Boston

Villages

 * Alexis
 * Joy
 * Matherville
 * North Henderson
 * Reynolds  (Part in Rock Island County)
 * Seaton
 * Sherrard
 * Viola
 * Windsor

Unincorporated communities

 * Boden
 * Burgess
 * Cable
 * Eliza
 * Gilchrist
 * Hamlet
 * Mannon
 * Marston
 * Millersburg
 * Petersville
 * Preemption
 * Shale City
 * Sunbeam
 * Swedona
 * Wanlock

Townships
Mercer County is divided into fifteen townships:

 * Abington
 * Duncan
 * Eliza
 * Greene
 * Keithsburg
 * Mercer
 * Millersburg
 * New Boston
 * North Henderson
 * Ohio Grove
 * Perryton
 * Preemption
 * Richland Grove
 * Rivoli
 * Suez

Politics
Historically, Mercer County was a solidly Republican Yankee-influenced county, and before the Republican Party existed a stronghold of the Whig Party. The county never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate until Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 landslide over Barry Goldwater – the solitary break in Whig and Republican dominance occurring in 1912 when the GOP was mortally split and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt carried the county over conservative incumbent President William Howard Taft. After Johnson’s victory in the county, Mercer voted to being Republican between 1968 and 1984, but Reagan’s landslide in that election saw a swing to the Democrats that was capitalized upon by Michael Dukakis to carry the county in 1988. Between then and 2012, Mercer was solidly Democratic, but concern over declining economic opportunities in the “Rust Belt” caused a dramatic swing to populist Republican Donald Trump in 2016. Trump’s performance was the best by a Republican since Richard Nixon's 3,000-plus-county landslide in 1972.

Mercer County is located in Illinois's 17th Congressional District and is currently represented by Democrat Cheri Bustos. Within the Illinois House of Representatives, the county is located in the 74th district and is currently represented by Republican Daniel Swanson. The county is located in the 37th district of the Illinois Senate, and is currently represented by Republican Chuck Weaver.

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Tagaloa

In Samoan mythology, Tagaloa (also known as Tagaloa-Lagi or Tagaloa, Lagi of the Heavens/Skies) is generally accepted as the supreme ruler, the creator of the universe, the chief of all gods and the progenitor of other gods. Tagaloa Lagi dwelt in space and made the Heavens the sky, the land, the seas, the fresh water, the trees and the people. Samoans believed Tagaloa created nine heavens. Tagaloa's role as paramount deity in the Samoa pantheon bears similarities to the position of Ta'aroa in Tahiti and Io Matua Kore in New Zealand.

The arrival of missionaries and Christianity in Samoa from 1830 saw the Samoan Lagi gods like Tagaloa replaced by the Christian deity. Or rather, the acceptance of the Christian God, Ieova/Jehovah, by the Samoan people can be seen as an expansion or extension of their spiritual hierarchy, where the god Tagaloa and all the gods beneath him are now seen by the Samoan people as being subject to the dominion of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic God. Otherwise, the still existing traditional genealogies (which include the old religious hierarchy within them) and culture of Samoa would be meaningless and dead.

Tagaloa in mythology
Tagaloa features in many of Samoa's myths and legends.
 * Tagaloa rolled stones from heaven. One became the island Savai'i and the other stone became the island of Upolu.
 * One legend tells that Tagaloa had two children, a son Moa and a daughter Lu. Tagaloa's daughter Lu had a son, also called Lu. Young Lu argued with his uncle Moa and fled to earth which he called Samoa.
 * Tagaloa is the father of gods Lagi
 * Tagaloa is a sun god whose son Alo'alo married Sina, the daughter of Tuifiti. There is a legend about a figure called Tui Fiti in the village of Fagamalo on the island of Savai'i.
 * In Manu'a, Tagaloa sent a vine to earth that resulted in maggots which became human beings.
 * Tagaloa brought a war god called Fe'e (octopus) to Manu'a
 * In Samoan architecture, Tagaloa also features in a story which explains why Samoan houses are round.

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Menard County, Illinois

Menard County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 12,297. Its county seat is Petersburg. Menard County is part of the Springfield, Illinois, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Menard County was formed in 1839 out of Sangamon County. The County was named for Pierre Menard, the first lieutenant governor of Illinois.

Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has an area of 315 sqmi, of which 314 sqmi is land and 1.0 sqmi (0.3%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Petersburg have ranged from a low of 17 °F in January to a high of 87 °F in July, although a record low of -24 °F was recorded in February 1905 and a record high of 112 °F was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.62 in in January to 4.06 in in May.

Major highways

 * [[Image:Illinois 29.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 29
 * [[Image:Illinois 97.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 97
 * [[Image:Illinois 123.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 123

Adjacent counties

 * Mason County - north
 * Logan County - east
 * Sangamon County - south
 * Cass County - west

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 12,705 people, 5,140 households, and 3,683 families living in the county. The population density was 40.4 PD/sqmi. There were 5,654 housing units at an average density of 18.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 97.5% white, 0.6% black or African American, 0.3% American Indian, 0.2% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.0% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 32.5% were German, 20.8% were American, 15.6% were Irish, and 14.3% were English.

Of the 5,140 households, 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 28.3% were non-families, and 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.87. The median age was 42.6 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $56,230 and the median income for a family was $65,882. Males had a median income of $42,408 versus $36,735 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,281. About 6.1% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Athens
 * Petersburg (seat)

Villages

 * Greenview
 * Oakford
 * Tallula

Census-designated place

 * Lake Petersburg

Other unincorporated communities

 * Atterberry
 * Bobtown
 * Croft
 * Culver
 * Curtis
 * Fancy Prairie
 * Hill Top
 * Hilltop
 * Hubly
 * Lewisburg
 * Loyd
 * New Salem
 * Old Salem Chautauqua
 * Sweet Water
 * Tice

Politics and county government
Illinois counties have the option of using or rejecting the township form of providing local services. In Illinois, only 16 of the state's 102 counties have opted out of the township system; Menard County is one of the sixteen.

In the years before World War I, Menard was a German Catholic and thus Democratic county, opposed to the pietism of Yankee Protestant Northern Illinois. Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 was the only Republican to carry the county in this time span.

However, resistance against Woodrow Wilson’s participatory attitude during World War I allowed Charles Evans Hughes to carry Menard County in 1916 by a mere four votes (Hughes lost the national election). Since then, as German hostility to Wilson hardened, Menard has become a strongly Republican county. The only Democrats who have carried Menard County since 1916 have been Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936, and Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Excluding the landslide losses of Hoover, Landon and Goldwater, George H. W. Bush in 1992 is the solitary Republican candidate since 1920 to fail to win a majority in Menard County. Illinois-bred Barack Obama is the only Democrat since 1980 to reach forty percent of Menard County’s vote, but over the last two elections a strong anti-Democratic swing – common to all of rural downstate Illinois – has taken place.

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McLean County, Illinois

McLean County is the largest county by land area in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 Census, it had a population of 170,954. Its county seat is Bloomington. McLean County is included in the Bloomington–Normal, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Pronunciation
Locally, the second syllable of McLean is pronounced with a 'long a' (ā, IPA /ei/) sound (i.e. "muh-KLAIN") (as with native son McLean Stevenson), not with a 'long e' (ē, IPA /i/) sound ("muh-KLEEN").

History
The first white settlers in what became McLean County arrived around 1821. The first settlement was Blooming Grove, established in 1822 near present-day Bloomington. McLean County was formed on December 25, 1830, out of Tazewell County. It was named for John McLean, United States Senator for Illinois, who died in 1830.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1186 sqmi, of which 1183 sqmi is land and 2.9 sqmi (0.2%) is water. It is the largest county in Illinois by land area and third-largest by total area after Cook and Lake Counties, which have large portions of their areas on Lake Michigan. McLean County is actually larger than the land area of Rhode Island (1045 sq mi).

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Bloomington have ranged from a low of 14 °F in January to a high of 86 °F in July, although a record low of -23 °F was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 103 °F was recorded in June 1988. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.71 in in February to 4.52 in in May.

Adjacent counties

 * Woodford County - northwest
 * Livingston County - northeast
 * Ford County - east
 * Champaign County - southeast
 * Piatt County - south
 * DeWitt County - south
 * Logan County - southwest
 * Tazewell County - west

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-39.svg|20px]] Interstate 39
 * [[Image:I-55.svg|20px]] Interstate 55
 * [[Image:I-74.svg|20px]] Interstate 74
 * [[Image:US 24.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 24
 * [[Image:US 51.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 51
 * [[Image:US 66.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 66
 * [[Image:US 136.svg|25px]] U.S. Highway 136
 * [[Image:US 150.svg|25px]] U.S. Highway 150
 * [[Image:Illinois 9.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 9
 * [[Image:Illinois 54.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 54
 * [[Image:Illinois 122.svg|25px]] Illinois Route 122
 * [[Image:Illinois 165.svg|25px]] Illinois Route 165
 * [[Image:Illinois 251.svg|25px]] Illinois Route 251

Transit

 * Connect Transit
 * SHOW Bus
 * Uptown Station
 * List of intercity bus stops in Illinois

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 169,572 people, 65,104 households, and 40,124 families residing in the county. The population density was 143.3 PD/sqmi. There were 69,656 housing units at an average density of 58.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 84.3% white, 7.3% black or African American, 4.3% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 1.5% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 4.4% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 31.2% were German, 15.4% were Irish, 11.4% were American, and 11.0% were English.

Of the 65,104 households, 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 38.4% were non-families, and 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.02. The median age was 32.1 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $57,642 and the median income for a family was $77,093. Males had a median income of $52,271 versus $39,685 for females. The per capita income for the county was $28,167. About 6.2% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Bloomington (seat)
 * Chenoa
 * El Paso
 * Le Roy
 * Lexington

Town

 * Normal

Villages

 * Anchor
 * Arrowsmith
 * Bellflower
 * Carlock
 * Colfax
 * Cooksville
 * Danvers
 * Downs
 * Ellsworth
 * Gridley
 * Heyworth
 * Hudson
 * McLean
 * Saybrook
 * Stanford
 * Towanda

Census-designated place

 * Twin Grove

Other unincorporated communities

 * Barnes
 * Bentown
 * Bloomington Heights
 * Covell
 * Cropsey
 * Fletcher
 * Funks Grove
 * Gillum
 * Hendrix
 * Holder
 * Kerrick
 * Laurette
 * Lytleville
 * Meadows
 * Merna
 * Padua
 * Randolph
 * Sabina
 * Shirley
 * Watkins
 * Weedman
 * Weston
 * Yuton

Townships
McLean County is divided into these townships:

 * Allin
 * Anchor
 * Arrowsmith
 * Bellflower
 * Bloomington
 * Bloomington City
 * Blue Mound
 * Cheney's Grove
 * Chenoa
 * Cropsey
 * Dale
 * Danvers
 * Dawson
 * Downs
 * Dry Grove
 * Empire
 * Funk's Grove
 * Gridley
 * Hudson
 * Lawndale
 * Lexington
 * Martin
 * Money Creek
 * Mount Hope
 * Normal
 * Old Town
 * Randolph
 * Towanda
 * West
 * White Oak
 * Yates

Ghost towns

 * Allin
 * Benjaminville
 * Kumler

Government
McLean County has a twenty-member board representing ten districts within the county. Each district elects two members. Districts 1-3 encompass all of the county outside of Bloomington and Normal. Districts 4-6 are within the town limits of Normal, and districts 7-10 are within Bloomington city limits.

Politics
Like most of central Illinois, McLean County is historically Republican-leaning. The only Democrats to gain an absolute majority of the county's vote since the Civil War have been Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936, Lyndon Johnson by a mere 1.2% in 1964, and Joe Biden in 2020. Illinois resident Barack Obama in 2008 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912 both carried the county by narrow pluralities.

The county has not swung as heavily to the Democrats as other counties dominated by college towns since the 1990s. In recent years, however, McLean has trended sufficiently Democratic that Hillary Clinton in 2016 lost the county by just 1.3 percent, while Biden won the county in 2020 with a narrow majority. Further solidifying the county's leftward shift, Governor J. B. Pritzker won the county by 1.3% in 2022, making it the first time since 1948 it supported a Democrat for governor.

McLean County is one of only thirteen counties to have voted for Obama in 2008, Romney in 2012, Trump in 2016, and Biden in 2020.

Education
Here is a list of school districts (all fully K-12) with territory in the county, no matter how slight, even if the district's schools and/or administrative offices are not in the county:
 * Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18
 * Bloomington School District 87
 * El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11
 * Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5
 * Heyworth Community Unit School District 4
 * Le Roy Community Unit School District 2
 * Lexington Community Unit School District 7
 * McLean County Unit School District 5
 * Olympia Community Unit School District 16
 * Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8
 * Ridgeview Community Unit School District 19
 * Tri-Valley Community Unit School District 3

Illinois State University is in the county.

Notable persons

 * George J. Mecherle, founder of State Farm
 * Adlai Stevenson II, Governor of Illinois (1949–53), two-time Democratic nominee for the U.S. presidency, and Ambassador to the United Nations (1961–65)
 * Pokey LaFarge, musician and songwriter
 * Bonnie Lou, recording artist and television celebrity
 * William H. Rowe, farmer, businessman, and politician
 * Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, host of popular 1950/60 T.V. program Life is Worth Living and Catholic Archbishop of the Diocese of Rochester, New York

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Fue

Fue or FUE may refer to:

 * Fue (flute), a class of flutes native to Japan.
 * Borgu Fulfulde language, spoken in Benin and Togo
 * Follicular unit extraction
 * French University of Egypt
 * Future University in Egypt
 * Fuerteventura Airport, in Spain
 * A Samoan fly-whisk

People with the name Fue

 * Fue Lee (born 1991), American politician
 * Masato Fue (born 1973), Japanese football player and manager

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McHenry County, Illinois

McHenry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 Census, it had a population of 310,229, making it the sixth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Woodstock. McHenry County is one of the five Illinois collar counties in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. Long known as a center of recreation along with agriculture in the western portion, it has recently experienced rapid rates of suburbanization, exurbanization and urbanization, but the western segment of the county remains primarily agricultural and rural.

History
McHenry County was formed in 1836 out of Cook and LaSalle counties. The county was named for Major William McHenry, a member of the Illinois Militia during Tecumseh's War, a major during the Blackhawk War in 1832, and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate. He died in Vandalia, Illinois in 1835.

McHenry County originally stretched all the way east to Lake Michigan, with the county seat centrally in McHenry, but in 1839, the eastern townships of the county were carved out forming Lake County.

Historical sites

 * The Count's House, 3803 Waukegan Rd, McHenry
 * Charles H. Hibbard House, 413 W Grant Hwy, Marengo
 * Col. Gustavus A. Palmer House, 5516 Terra Cotta Rd., Crystal Lake
 * Orson Rogers House, 19621 E Grant Hwy, Marengo
 * Lucein Boneparte Covell House, 5805 Broadway, Richmond
 * Memorial Hall, 10308 Main St, Richmond
 * Old McHenry County Courthouse, Woodstock City Square, Woodstock
 * Woodstock Opera House, 110 Van Buren St, Woodstock
 * Woodstock Square Historic District, Woodstock
 * George Stickney House, 1904 Cherry Valley Rd, Bull Valley
 * Terwilliger House, Mason Hill Rd & Cherry Valley Rd, Bull Valley

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 611 sqmi, of which 603 sqmi is land and 7.6 sqmi (1.3%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Walworth County, Wisconsin - north
 * Kenosha County, Wisconsin - northeast
 * Lake County - east
 * Cook County - southeast
 * Kane County - south
 * DeKalb County - southwest
 * Boone County - west

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Woodstock have ranged from a low of 11 °F in January to a high of 85 °F in July, although a record low of -29 °F was recorded in January 1979 and a record high of 109 °F was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.29 in in February to 4.56 in in June.

McHenry County is like much of the Upper Midwest, as it usually sees hot, humid summers, and cold, snowy winters. The county is notably susceptible to high wind events, blizzards, severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, and flooding.

Some of the most notable weather events in the county include the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, the Blizzard of 1967, the 1967 Belvidere - Oak Lawn tornado outbreak, the Blizzard of 1979, the Flood of 1996, the Blizzard of 1999, the Early Winter 2006 North American Storm Complex, the 2007 Midwest flooding event, the January 2008 tornado outbreak sequence, and the Blizzard of 2011.

Demographics
McHenry county has the highest percentage of non-Hispanic whites amongst the five collar counties of Chicago (McHenry, Lake, DuPage, Kane, and Will).

2020 census
As of the 2010 census, there were 308,760 people, 109,199 households, and 82,288 families residing in the county. The population density was 511.9 PD/sqmi. There were 116,040 housing units at an average density of 192.4 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 90.1% white, 2.5% Asian, 1.1% black or African American, 0.3% American Indian, 4.3% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 11.4% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 34.4% were of German heritage, 18.7% were of Irish ancestry, 14.2% Polish, 10.8% Italian, 7.8% English, and 3.7% of American heritage.

Of the 109,199 households, 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 24.6% were non-families, and 19.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.25. The median age was 38.0 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $76,482 and the median income for a family was $86,698. Males had a median income of $61,971 versus $42,125 for females. The per capita income for the county was $31,838. About 4.9% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Crystal Lake
 * Harvard
 * Marengo
 * McHenry
 * Woodstock (county seat)

Villages

 * Algonquin (mostly)
 * Barrington Hills (part)
 * Bull Valley
 * Cary
 * Fox Lake (part)
 * Fox River Grove (part)
 * Greenwood
 * Hebron
 * Holiday Hills
 * Huntley (part)
 * Island Lake (part)
 * Johnsburg
 * Lake in the Hills
 * Lakemoor (part)
 * Lakewood
 * McCullom Lake
 * Oakwood Hills
 * Port Barrington (part)
 * Prairie Grove
 * Richmond
 * Ringwood
 * Spring Grove
 * Trout Valley
 * Union
 * Wonder Lake

Census-designated places
Before the 2020 Census, only Chemung and Pistakee Highlands were CDPs.
 * Alden
 * Big Foot Prairie
 * Burtons Bridge
 * Chemung
 * Coral
 * Franklinville
 * Harmony
 * Hartland
 * Lawrence
 * Pistakee Highlands
 * Ridgefield
 * Riley
 * Solon Mills

Unincorporated communities

 * Belden
 * Palm Beach (part)
 * Silver Lake
 * Terra Cotta

Townships

 * Alden
 * Algonquin
 * Burton
 * Chemung
 * Coral
 * Dorr
 * Dunham
 * Grafton
 * Greenwood
 * Hartland
 * Hebron
 * Marengo
 * McHenry
 * Nunda
 * Richmond
 * Riley
 * Seneca

Government
McHenry County government is based primarily out of Woodstock, the county seat. The McHenry County Government Center, located on the north end of Woodstock along Illinois Route 47, features county offices as well as judicial facilities.

The current Sheriff of McHenry County, Illinois is Robb Tadelmann, who was first elected in 2022.

Politics
As one of the Yankee-settled and prosperous outer suburban "collar counties", McHenry County was a stronghold of the Free Soil Party in its first few elections, being one of nine Illinois counties to give a plurality to Martin van Buren in 1848. McHenry County has voted for the Republican candidate for president in all but two elections since 1852 (the Republican party was founded in 1854), the first being when “Bull Moose” candidate and former Republican president Theodore Roosevelt won the county in 1912. Recent elections in 2004 and 2000 saw George W. Bush capture 59.72% and 58.5% of the county vote, respectively. In 2008, Democrat Barack Obama, then a Senator from Illinois, captured McHenry County with 52% of the vote—the first time a Democrat had carried the county since 1852. In the 2012 presidential election, Obama only received 44% of the vote whereas Republican Mitt Romney captured 53% of the vote. In the 2016 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump received 50% of the vote whereas Democratic Hillary Clinton received 42% of the vote. In 2020, Joe Biden came within 3% of carrying the county for the Democrats for the second time since 1852.

No person with significant ties to McHenry County has ever been elected to the United States Congress or Illinois governorship. The mother of U.S. President Gerald Ford, Dorothy Ayer Gardner, was born in Harvard in 1892.

Education
McHenry County College, a growing community college established in 1967, serves the majority of county residents. The college includes 2,000 full-time students and 5,800 part-time students. The main campus is located on the northwest side of Crystal Lake, along U.S. Route 14. Secondary facilities exist in Crystal Lake and McHenry.

McHenry County also includes dozens of school districts. This is a list of high schools that can be found in the county: Students in McHenry County may also be zoned into schools in other counties, such as Dundee-Crown High School in neighboring Carpentersville.

Medical facilities
Hospitals currently in the county include Mercy Harvard Hospital, Centegra Northern Illinois Medical Center in McHenry, Centegra Memorial Medical Center in Woodstock, and Centegra's Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital. Amita (formerly Presence) and Advocate health systems also maintain a strong influence in the county, and have hospitals in nearby Elgin and Barrington. On September 1, 2018, Centegra was acquired by Northwestern Medicine of Chicagonois. Prior to its acquisition by Northwestern Medicine, Centegra was the largest independent employer in McHenry County. It is now part of a netwwith of more than 10 hospitals and 400 care locations.

Economy
Much of McHenry County's economy centers around manufacturing, metalworking, media development and printing, transportation equipment, agriculture, health care, education, retail, food production, distribution, and technology. Gravel mining makes up a sizable portion of the county's economy.

The major employment centers can be found in Crystal Lake, Algonquin, Huntley, McHenry, and Woodstock. The southern portions of the county are within the scope of the Golden Corridor, the region of commerce along the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway.

Shopping
The county is known for its wide variety of shopping options. McHenry, Crystal Lake, and Algonquin/Lake in the Hills have established themselves as major retail areas, all featuring an array of big box stores, specialty stores, and restaurants. While there are no major malls located within the county, several lie just outside its borders: the lifestyle centers Algonquin Commons and Algonquin Galleria, and the regional indoor mall Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee.

In addition, several historic downtowns throughout the county offer unique shops and eateries in charming environments. The Woodstock Square Historic District, antique shops in Richmond and Hebron, downtown Crystal Lake and downtown Algonquin, and shops in other historic downtowns throughout the county accommodate residents and tourists alike. McHenry's Green Street is also a major attraction in the county.

Recreation
The entire county is served by the McHenry County Conservation District, which preserves sensitive land throughout the county and provides recreational opportunities for residents. The District also operates the McHenry County Prairie Path, a regional bike path that extends from the Wisconsin State Line in Richmond southward to Algonquin, where the path connects with the Fox River Bike Trail, which continues south to Aurora.

In addition, the Fox River, Kishwaukee River and Chain O'Lakes provide immense opportunities for boating, fishing, swimming, and other water activities. Moraine Hills State Park and Chain O' Lakes State Park are both located in the county, adjacent to the waterway. Other major lakes in the county include Crystal Lake, Wonder Lake, and McCullom Lake.

There are also dozens of parks, golf courses, and country clubs throughout the county. Major skiing areas include Nordic Ski Jump in Fox River Grove and Buffalo Snowboarding Park in Algonquin. In addition, the Windy City Balloon Port in Fox River Grove offers hot air balloon rides over the Fox River Valley.

In 2012, the Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge was established and encompasses parts of McHenry County.

Culture
McHenry County has an active art and theater scene. The historic Woodstock Opera House and Crystal Lake's Raue Center for the Arts both provide exceptional programs. In addition, Algonquin is noted for its Public Art Program, which showcases artwork year-round throughout the community. The county is also ideal for photography and filming. Much of the filming for the 1993 movie Groundhog Day took place in Woodstock.

There are also several important points of interest in the county including the Illinois Railway Museum and McHenry County Historical Museum in Union, the Old McHenry County Courthouse in Woodstock, and a variety of historical homes including the Orson Rogers House, George Stickney House, Charles H. Hibbard House, the Terwilliger House, the Count's House, and the Dole Mansion.

Throughout the year are a variety of festivals throughout the county, the centerpiece of which is the McHenry County Fair, occurring during a week in August in Woodstock. Many towns also have their own festivals throughout the year. Some of the most notable ones are the Ground Hog Days and the Great Lake Steelpan Festival in Woodstock, Fall Fest in Huntley, the Summer Sunset Festival in Lake in the Hills, the Lakeside Festival in Crystal Lake, Milk Days in Harvard, Settler's Days in Marengo, Cary Days in Cary, Founders Days in Algonquin, and Fiesta Days in McHenry.

Major highways

 * I-90.svg Interstate 90
 * US 12.svg U.S. Highway 12
 * US 14.svg U.S. Highway 14
 * US 20.svg U.S. Highway 20
 * Illinois 22.svg Illinois Route 22
 * Illinois 23.svg Illinois Route 23
 * Illinois 31.svg Illinois Route 31
 * Illinois 47.svg Illinois Route 47
 * Illinois 62.svg Illinois Route 62
 * Illinois 120.svg Illinois Route 120
 * Illinois 173.svg Illinois Route 173
 * Illinois 176.svg Illinois Route 176
 * Lake Cook Road
 * Randall Road

Several Federal and state highways run through McHenry County, including U.S. Highway 20, U.S. Highway 14, U.S. Highway 12, Illinois Route 22, Illinois Route 23, Illinois Route 173, Illinois Route 120, Illinois Route 176, Illinois Route 47, Illinois Route 31, and Illinois Route 62. Highly traveled county highways include Randall Road, Algonquin Road, Rakow Road, and Walkup Road.

McHenry County was the most populous county in the United States without direct access to an Interstate Highway within its borders. As a result, residents usually used the nearby Interstate 90 (the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway), via interchanges in neighboring Kane County. But a new interchange is now completed at I-90 and Illinois Route 23, which provides McHenry County with direct access to the interstate highway system.

Interstate 94 lies to the east of McHenry County in Lake County, Illinois.

Mass transportation
McHenry County is served by Metra Rail, which provides daily commuter service to and from downtown Chicago. There are seven stations in the county, all of them located along the Union Pacific Northwest Line. The county is also served by Pace, which provides four fixed bus routes (550, 806, 807, and 808), and MCRide Dial-A-Ride transit service operated by Pace and First Transit.

Airports
Lake in the Hills Airport offers general aviation service, as do Dacy Airport and Galt Airport, in the northern part of the county. Chicago-O'Hare International Airport is approximately 30 to 40 mi from the county, while Milwaukee's Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport is approximately 50 to 60 mi away. Chicago Rockford International Airport, a busy cargo airport with limited, scheduled passenger service is located approximately 42 mi west of the central part of the county (Woodstock).

Media
McHenry County is entirely within the scope of the Chicago media market and the majority of the county relies primarily on Chicago television stations, radio stations, and newspapers for the source of its news and information. Certain sections of the county, particularly the rural far northern and far western parts, are also within the scope of the Milwaukee and Rockford media markets, respectively.

The county has an FM radio station, WZSR (Star 105.5 FM), which plays mostly adult contemporary and pop music. WZSR is based out of Crystal Lake.

The Northwest Herald, with a circulation of approximately 21,000, is the county's primary newspaper, serving the greater McHenry County area, and printed and published in Crystal Lake.

Lake and McHenry County Scanner, launched in 2012 by Sam Borcia, is a local digital newspaper which covers McHenry County and nearby Lake County, Illinois.

The county is also served by the larger Chicago newspapers Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and the suburban-focused newspaper The Daily Herald.

McHenry County Living, a bimonthly lifestyle magazine serving the county, reaches tens of thousands of area residents and businesses.

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McDonough County, Illinois

McDonough County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 27,238. Its county seat is Macomb, which is also the home of Western Illinois University.

McDonough County is part of the Macomb, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History
McDonough County is named in honor of Thomas Macdonough who defeated a British squadron in the decisive naval Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812. McDonough County was part of the "Military Tract" set aside by Congress for veterans of the War of 1812.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 590 sqmi, of which 589 sqmi is land and 0.8 sqmi (0.1%) is water.

The county has the unusual distinction of forming a perfect square by Mercator map projection. The county seat, Macomb, is in the center of the county, and the courthouse is almost precisely in the center of the county.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Macomb 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.

Public transit

 * Go West Transit
 * Macomb Amtrak station

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 67.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 67
 * [[Image:US 136.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 136
 * [[Image:Illinois 9.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 9
 * [[Image:Illinois 41.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 41
 * [[Image:Illinois 61.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 61
 * [[Image:Illinois 95.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 95
 * [[Image:Illinois 110.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 110
 * [[Image:Illinois 336.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 336

Adjacent counties

 * Henderson County - northwest
 * Warren County - north
 * Fulton County - east
 * Schuyler County - south
 * Hancock County - west

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 32,612 people, 13,057 households, and 6,724 families residing in the county. The population density was 55.3 PD/sqmi. There were 14,419 housing units at an average density of 24.5 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 90.4% white, 5.0% black or African American, 1.8% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.7% from other races, and 1.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.7% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 25.0% were German, 14.7% were American, 13.7% were Irish, 12.7% were English, and 5.1% were Italian.

Of the 13,057 households, 22.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 48.5% were non-families, and 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.80. The median age was 28.9 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,702 and the median income for a family was $52,390. Males had a median income of $42,297 versus $28,530 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,344. About 12.8% of families and 23.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.7% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Bushnell
 * Colchester
 * Macomb (seat)

Villages

 * Bardolph
 * Blandinsville
 * Good Hope
 * Industry
 * Plymouth (partial)
 * Prairie City
 * Sciota
 * Tennessee

Census-designated places

 * Adair
 * Georgetown

Other unincorporated place

 * Colmar
 * Doddsville
 * Fandon
 * Hills Grove
 * New Philadelphia
 * Scottsburg
 * Vishnu Springs
 * Walnut Grove

Townships

 * Bethel Township
 * Blandinsville Township
 * Bushnell Township
 * Chalmers Township
 * Colchester Township
 * Eldorado Township
 * Emmet Township
 * Hire Township
 * Industry Township
 * Lamoine Township
 * Macomb Township
 * Macomb City Township
 * Mound Township
 * New Salem Township
 * Prairie City Township
 * Sciota Township
 * Scotland Township
 * Tennessee Township
 * Walnut Grove Township

Education
McDonough County is served by three school districts and two colleges:
 * West Prairie Community Unit School District 103
 * Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170
 * Macomb Community Unit School District 185
 * Spoon River College, Macomb campus
 * Western Illinois University

Politics
McDonough County is split between Illinois’ 15th Congressional District and Illinois' 17th Congressional District, with the majority of the county in the 15th. The Cities of Macomb and Bardolph are included in the 17th district, and the cities of Bushnell, Colchester, Prairie City, Good Hope, Sciota, Industry and Adair are in the 15th district. The 15th District is currently represented by Republican Mary Miller. The 17th District is currently represented by Democrat Eric Sorenson. For the Illinois House of Representatives, the county is yet again split between the 71st district and the 94th district. The Cities of Macomb, Bushnell, Bardolph, and Prairie City are represented by Republican Daniel Swanson of the 71st district. The cities of Colchester, Industry, Good Hope, Sciota, and Adair are currently represented by Republican Norine Hammond of the 94th district. The county is split along the same lines in the Illinois House as it is in the Illinois Senate, thus the 71st district of the house's lines are the same as the 36th district of the Illinois Senate. The 36th district of the Illinois Senate is represented by Democrat Michael Halpin. The 47th district of the Illinois Senate is represented by Republican Neil Anderson.

In presidential elections, McDonough County was once reliably Republican, voting for the Republican candidate in all but two elections (1912 & 1932) from 1892 to 1988. Since 1988, the county has become more competitive, with Democrats carrying the county three out of seven times and holding the Republican candidate's margin of victory to under four points three times. In 2020, however, McDonough County went for Trump by a margin of 16.5%.

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Massac County, Illinois

Massac County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 14,169. Established in 1843 and named for a French fort founded in the 18th century, its county seat is Metropolis. Massac County is included in the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located along the Ohio River, in the portion of the state known locally as "Little Egypt".

History
This area was occupied by various cultures of indigenous peoples for thousands of years before European contact. Evidence has been found of indigenous occupancy since the Archaic Period (8000 to 2000 BCE). More development took place in the Early Woodland period, such as the Adena culture (1000 to 200 BCE). Middle and Late Woodland occupancy continued to about 1000CE, before the rise of the Mississippian culture along the Mississippi River and its major tributaries. It influenced a continent-wide trading and cultural network.

The most complex and last indigenous culture was that of the Mississippian. The people at this time developed a large settlement during the period 1050CE to 1400-1450CE. At what is known as the Kincaid Site, considered a chiefdom of a stratified society, the people built a total of 19 complex earthwork mounds, including an elite burial mound, and great plaza as the monuments at the center of a large residential settlement.

This site is now operated by the state and is designated as a National Historic Landmark. The people abandoned the site about 1500, perhaps because of environmental reasons, such as running out of timber or game. No evidence has been found that any historic Native American tribes occupied the site in the centuries before European-American settlement. This did not take place until three centuries later, with most occurring 400 years later.

While this was part of the Illinois Country claimed by French explorers, this area was barely settled by their colonists. Most French colonial villages, such as Prairie du Rocher, were close to the Mississippi River. During the French and Indian War against the British, the French built a fort here in 1757. It was named Fort Massac after Claude Louis d'Espinchal, Marquis de Massiac, the French Naval Minister. Massiac is a commune in Cantal, France. The county was later named after Massac.

After the American Revolution, initially this area was settled by people from the South, who migrated along the Ohio River. Southern Illinois was given the colloquial name of "Little Egypt." Massac County was not formally organized until February 8, 1843, when population had increased, and it was made up of territory from both Johnson and Pope counties. It was developed for agriculture.

In the mid-19th century, after the revolutions of 1848, Illinois received many German immigrants, who changed the politics of the county. They were pro-Union and the Republican Party at the time of the American Civil War and after, whereas the ethnic Southerners had favored the Confederacy and Democratic Party. The ethnic German descendants today comprise nearly one-third of the population of Massac County.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 242 sqmi, of which 237 sqmi is land and 4.6 sqmi (1.9%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Metropolis have ranged from a low of 25 °F in January to a high of 90 °F in July, although a record low of -21 °F was recorded in January 1984 and a record high of 105 °F was recorded in July 1999. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 3.00 in in August to 4.76 in in May.

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-24.svg|20px]] Interstate 24
 * [[Image:US 45.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 45
 * [[Image:Illinois 145.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 145
 * [[Image:Illinois 169.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 169

Adjacent counties

 * Pope County - north
 * Livingston County, Kentucky - east
 * McCracken County, Kentucky - south
 * Pulaski County - west
 * Johnson County - northwest

National protected area

 * Shawnee National Forest (part)

2010
Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:
 * 91.0% White
 * 5.9% Black
 * 0.4% Native American
 * 0.3% Asian
 * 0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
 * 2.0% Two or more races
 * 0.4% Other races
 * 1.9% Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

2010
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 15,429 people, 6,362 households, and 4,242 families residing in the county. The population density was 65.0 PD/sqmi. There were 7,113 housing units at an average density of 30.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 91.0% white, 5.9% black or African American, 0.4% American Indian, 0.3% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 2.0% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.9% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 25.7% were German, 16.1% were Irish, 8.5% were English, and 8.5% were American.

Of the 6,362 households, 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 33.3% were non-families, and 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.91. The median age was 42.1 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,077 and the median income for a family was $51,794. Males had a median income of $46,231 versus $25,717 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,216. About 9.7% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.5% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Brookport
 * Metropolis

Village

 * Joppa

Unincorporated communities

 * Big Bay
 * Boaz
 * Hillerman
 * Midway
 * New Columbia
 * Round Knob
 * Shady Grove
 * Unionville

Forts

 * Fort Massac

Politics
In its pre-Civil War history, the people of Massac County, which like most of Southern Illinois was settled by Southerners, were strongly Democratic. While Illinois was a free state, people of this region were opposed to the abolitionist politics of the northern regions of the state. County voters chose Democratic candidates in every Presidential election up to and including 1860.

But the region also had numerous ethnic Germans who had arrived after the revolutions of 1848. They favored the Union, and provided a number of Union soldiers rivaled on a per-capita basis only by a few fiercely Unionist counties in Appalachia. For the next century, Massac County voters favored Republican candidates for the presidency. During this period, the county's voters gave a plurality to every Republican nominee. They supported William Howard Taft in 1912, when the GOP was bitterly divided. During the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt lost the county in 1936 by a greater margin than he did in 1932, when his popularity elsewhere increased as people benefited from government programs. Between 1896 and 1928, no Democratic presidential candidate gained thirty percent of the county's vote.

In the 1964 election, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and during the Vietnam War, incumbent Lyndon Johnson was the first Democrat in 104 years to carry Massac County. Locally voters opposed Barry Goldwater’s economic policies and his Deep Southern orientation. Southern Evangelical Jimmy Carter marginally bettered LBJ's performance in 1976. Bill Clinton won a larger plurality in 1992, due to a third-party challenge from Ross Perot.

But, since 2000 the conservative whites have shifted to the Republican Party in favoring presidential candidates. Some analysts say the conservatives changed parties because of socio-cultural issues. In 2016 Hillary Clinton won 23.3 percent share of the county's vote, the lowest by a Democrat since John W. Davis in his landslide 1924 loss. In 2020 they gave Donald Trump 73.3% of their vote and Joe Biden 25.3%. Overall, state voters favored Biden, who won the election in both popular and electoral college votes.

The county was the only county in Illinois to vote against Barack Obama in both of his presidential runs, his 2004 Senate run, and the 2008 Democratic Primary, where a majority of residents voted for Hillary Clinton instead. The county did vote for Obama unanimously in the 2012 Democratic presidential primary against the anti-abortion protest candidacy of Randall Terry.

For the purposes of Illinois law, the three established political parties in the county are the Democratic Party, Republican Party, and Constitution Party as all have received 5% or greater of the vote in a recent election. Massac County is the only county in the state in which the Constitution Party is an established political party. The Constitution Party's established established political party status allows it to have the same reduced barriers to ballot access as the Democratic and Republican parties and to hold primaries. In the 2022 primary, a single voter requested a Constitution Party ballot. Their sole candidate on the ballot, a candidate for county clerk, received 14% of the vote in the 2022 general election.

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Mason County, Illinois

Mason County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 13,086. Its county seat is Havana. The county is named in honor of George Mason, a member of the Virginia legislature who campaigned for the adoption of the United States Bill of Rights.

History
Mason County was created in 1841 out of portions of Tazewell and Menard counties.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 563 sqmi, of which 539 sqmi is land and 24 sqmi (4.3%) is water.

Mason County is bound on the south by the Sangamon River, and on the west by the Illinois River. These rivers join at the county's southwest tip.

The soil covering much of Mason County is very sandy. This was formed during the melting of the Wisconsin Glacier about 10,000 years ago. Meltwater from the glacier deposited large amounts of sand in a delta region near at the junction of the Sangamon and Illinois Rivers.

The sandy soil does not hold water well, quickly exposing crops to drought conditions as the water table drops during periods of low precipitation. However, the soil is very good for growing vegetables that are otherwise not common in Illinois. Modern irrigation has made this a highly productive agricultural area.

A sand wetland on the Illinois River is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge.

National protected area

 * Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (part)

State Forest

 * Sand Ridge State Forest - Containing 7,200 acres (2,900 ha), it is the largest state forest in Illinois.

State Fish & Wildlife Areas

 * Sanganois State Fish & Wildlife Area (part)

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Havana have ranged from a low of 14 °F in January to a high of 88 °F in July, although a record low of -30 °F was recorded in January 1999 and a record high of 106 °F was recorded in July 1983. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.85 in in January to 4.43 in in May.

Adjacent counties

 * Fulton County - northwest
 * Tazewell County - northeast
 * Logan County - southeast
 * Menard County - south
 * Cass County - southwest
 * Schuyler County - west

Public Transportation

 * SHOW Bus

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 136.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 136
 * [[Image:Illinois 10.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 10
 * [[Image:Illinois 29.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 29
 * [[Image:Illinois 78.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 78
 * [[Image:Illinois 97.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 97
 * [[Image:Illinois 100.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 100

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 14,666 people, 6,079 households, and 4,060 families living in the county. The population density was 27.2 PD/sqmi. There were 7,077 housing units at an average density of 13.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 98.1% white, 0.4% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.1% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0.8% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 33.8% were German, 15.6% were American, 11.1% were English, and 10.3% were Irish.

Of the 6,079 households, 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% were married couples living together, 10.3% 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 2.38 and the average family size was 2.87. The median age was 44.0 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,461 and the median income for a family was $51,348. Males had a median income of $43,448 versus $31,087 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,427. About 13.8% of families and 15.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.6% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.

Mason County was identified as a “sundown” county which “has remained all white for many decades, despite its location between Springfield and Peoria...”.

Cities

 * Havana (seat)
 * Mason City

Villages

 * Bath
 * Easton
 * Forest City
 * Kilbourne
 * Manito
 * San Jose
 * Topeka

Census-designated place

 * Goofy Ridge

Other unincorporated communities

 * Biggs
 * Bishop
 * Lakewood
 * Matanzas Beach

Townships

 * Allens Grove
 * Bath
 * Crane Creek
 * Forest City
 * Havana
 * Kilbourne
 * Lynchburg
 * Manito
 * Mason City
 * Pennsylvania
 * Quiver
 * Salt Creek
 * Sherman

Politics
Although it voted for the Whig Party in the three elections from 1840 to 1848, Mason County was to be solidly Democratic for the next sixty to seventy years due to its anti-Yankee German-American heritage. It was not until the 1920 election when bitter resentment was felt by German-Americans at Woodrow Wilson’s postwar policies that Mason supported a GOP candidate.

In the following eighty years, Mason was a Republican-leaning swing county, although isolationist sentiment did cause it to vote narrowly for Wendell Willkie in 1940 and more convincingly for Thomas E. Dewey in 1944.

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Marshall County, Illinois

Marshall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 11,742. Its county seat is Lacon.

Marshall County is part of the Peoria, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Marshall County was formed in 1839 out of Putnam County. It was named in honor of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, who died in 1835.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 399 sqmi, of which 387 sqmi is land and 12 sqmi (2.9%) is water. The county is distinctly bisected by the Illinois River, splitting the county into two uneven sections.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Lacon have ranged from a low of 15 °F in January to a high of 87 °F in July, although a record low of -27 °F was recorded in January 1999 and a record high of 103 °F was recorded in July 2005. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.55 in in January to 4.20 in in May.

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-39.svg|x24px|alt=|link=]] Interstate 39
 * [[Image:US 51.svg|x24px|alt=|link=]] U.S. Highway 51
 * [[Image:Illinois 17.svg|x24px|alt=|link=]] Illinois Route 17
 * [[Image:Illinois 18.svg|x24px|alt=|link=]] Illinois Route 18
 * [[Image:Illinois 26.svg|x24px|alt=|link=]] Illinois Route 26
 * [[Image:Illinois 29.svg|x24px|alt=|link=]] Illinois Route 29
 * [[Image:Illinois 40.svg|x24px|alt=|link=]] Illinois Route 40
 * [[Image:Illinois 89.svg|x24px|alt=|link=]] Illinois Route 89
 * [[Image:Illinois 117.svg|x24px|alt=|link=]] Illinois Route 117
 * [[Image:Illinois 251.svg|x24px|alt=|link=]] Illinois Route 251

Adjacent counties

 * Bureau County - northwest
 * Putnam County - north
 * LaSalle County - east
 * Woodford County - south
 * Peoria County - southwest
 * Stark County - west

National protected area

 * Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (part)

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 12,640 people, 5,161 households, and 3,549 families living in the county. The population density was 32.7 PD/sqmi. There were 5,914 housing units at an average density of 15.3 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 97.1% white, 0.4% Asian, 0.3% black or African American, 0.2% American Indian, 1.1% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.5% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 43.0% were German, 16.7% were Irish, 14.4% were English, 7.2% were Italian, 6.2% were American, and 6.1% were Polish.

Of the 5,161 households, 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.2% were non-families, and 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.88. The median age was 44.8 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $49,116 and the median income for a family was $64,781. Males had a median income of $46,793 versus $28,549 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,991. About 6.8% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Henry
 * Lacon
 * Toluca
 * Wenona

Villages

 * Hopewell
 * La Rose
 * Sparland
 * Varna
 * Washburn

Unincorporated communities

 * Camp Grove
 * Hopewell Estates
 * La Prairie Center
 * Lawn Ridge
 * Leeds
 * Pattonsburg
 * Saratoga Center
 * Wilbern

Townships

 * Bell Plain
 * Bennington
 * Evans
 * Henry
 * Hopewell
 * Lacon
 * La Prairie
 * Richland
 * Roberts
 * Saratoga
 * Steuben
 * Whitefield

Politics
In its early days Marshall County was a swing county, voting for winning Whig candidate William Henry Harrison in 1840 but otherwise supporting the Democratic Party until 1852. Its reputation as a swing county was to be sustained with the growth of the Republican Party: it voted for the winning candidate in every election from 1852 to 1912 except 1884 and 1888.

Since World War I, Marshall has generally been a strongly Republican county. Only two Democrats – Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936 plus Lyndon Johnson in 1964 – have gained an absolute majority in Marshall County over the past twenty-six elections, although Bill Clinton won pluralities in both his elections.

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Marion County, Illinois

Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 37,729. Its county seat is Salem.

Marion County comprises the Centralia, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area.

History
Marion County was organized on January 24, 1823, from portions of Jefferson and Fayette counties. It was named in honor of Revolutionary War Gen. Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox".

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 576 sqmi, of which 572 sqmi is land and 3.7 sqmi (0.6%) is water.

The southwest corner of Marion County is the intersection of the Baseline with the Third Principal Meridian, the point of origin for the third survey of the Northwest Territory under the Land Ordinance of 1785. The origin is marked with a boulder south of Centralia just off U.S. 51.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Salem have ranged from a low of 18 °F in January to a high of 88 °F in July, although a record low of -23 °F was recorded in January 1994 and a record high of 105 °F was recorded in August 1983. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.46 in in January to 4.37 in in May.

Transit

 * South Central Transit

Major highways

 * I-57.svg Interstate 57
 * US 50.svg U.S. Route 50
 * US 51.svg U.S. Route 51
 * Illinois 37.svg Illinois Route 37
 * Illinois 161.svg Illinois Route 161

Adjacent counties

 * Fayette County - north
 * Clay County - east
 * Wayne County - southeast
 * Jefferson County - south
 * Washington County - southwest
 * Clinton County - west

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 39,437 people, 16,148 households, and 10,746 families residing in the county. The population density was 68.9 PD/sqmi. There were 18,296 housing units at an average density of 32.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 93.1% white, 3.9% black or African American, 0.6% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.4% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 27.5% were German, 15.8% were Irish, 13.6% were English, and 10.8% were American.

Of the 16,148 households, 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 33.5% were non-families, and 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.91. The median age was 41.4 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,974 and the median income for a family was $50,518. Males had a median income of $41,428 versus $28,042 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,493. About 12.2% of families and 16.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.9% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Centralia
 * Kinmundy
 * Salem
 * Wamac

Villages

 * Alma
 * Central City
 * Iuka
 * Junction City
 * Kell
 * Odin
 * Patoka
 * Sandoval
 * Vernon
 * Walnut Hill

Townships
Marion County is divided into seventeen townships:

 * Alma
 * Carrigan
 * Centralia
 * Foster
 * Haines
 * Iuka
 * Kinmundy
 * Meacham
 * Odin
 * Omega
 * Patoka
 * Raccoon
 * Romine
 * Salem
 * Sandoval
 * Stevenson
 * Tonti

Unincorporated Communities

 * Greendale
 * Tonti

Politics
Initially a strongly Democratic anti-Yankee county, Marion County has undergone two transitions. Between 1912 and 2004 it was a perfect bellwether apart from the Catholicism-influenced 1960 election when substantial anti-Catholic voting by its largely southern white population caused it to support Republican Richard Nixon. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century it has voted consistently for Republican presidential candidates.

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In a Māori tradition ascribed by John White to the Ngāti Hau tribe, Hāhau-whenua is the name of the great fish caught by Māui which became the North Island of New Zealand (In Māori the North Island is known as Te ika-a-Māui, the fish of Māui). When a fish took his hook, Māui said, 'A fish has taken my hook. Perhaps it is the fish called Hāhau-tangaroa ("search for the sea god"), or Hāhau-uru ("search for the west wind"), or Hāhau-whenua ("search for land").' When he pulled the fish up, he saw it was Hāhau-whenua (White 1887:116-117).

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Madison County, Illinois

Madison County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a part of the Metro East in southern Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 264,776, making it the eighth-most populous county in Illinois and the most populous in the southern portion of the state. The county seat is Edwardsville, and the largest city is Granite City.

Madison County is part of the Metro East region of Greater St. Louis. The pre-Columbian city of Cahokia Mounds, a World Heritage Site, was located near Collinsville. Edwardsville is home to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. To the north, Alton is known for its abolitionist and American Civil War-era history. It is also the home of the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine. Godfrey, the village named for Captain Benjamin Godfrey, offers Lewis and Clark Community College formerly the Monticello Female Seminary.

History
Madison County was established on September 14, 1812. It was formed from parts of Randolph and St. Clair counties and named for President James Madison. At the time of its formation, Madison County included all of the modern State of Illinois north of St. Louis, as well as all of Wisconsin, part of Minnesota, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

In the late 19th century, Madison County became an industrial region, and in the 20th century was known first for Graniteware, and later for its steel mills, oil refineries, and other heavy industries. The county had a large working population, and the county and surrounding area was a center of strength for the Democratic Party.

Industrial restructuring cost many jobs and reduced the population. The county now is part of the eastern St. Louis metropolitan area (nicknamed "Metro East"), as is neighboring St. Clair County.

In 2009, the EPA issued an air pollution report that ranked Madison County as the county with the second-highest cancer risk in the country due to air pollution, second only to Los Angeles County, California.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 741 sqmi, of which 716 sqmi is land and 25 sqmi (3.4%) is water. Madison County is on the Mississippi River, while the other major body of water is Horseshoe Lake.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Edwardsville have ranged from a low of 19 °F in January to a high of 90 °F in July, although a record low of -27 °F was recorded in January 1977 and a record high of 114 °F was recorded in July 2012. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.99 in in January to 4.24 in in May. Climate Zone 4A per the International Energy Conservation Code.

Adjacent counties and city

 * Bond County - east
 * Clinton County - southeast
 * Jersey County - northwest
 * Macoupin County - north
 * Montgomery County - northeast
 * St. Charles County, Missouri - northwest
 * St. Clair County - south
 * St. Louis, Missouri - west
 * St. Louis County, Missouri - west

Parks and Reserves

 * Chouteau Island
 * Gabaret Island
 * Horseshoe Lake State Park
 * Mosenthein Island

Transportation
Madison County Transit serves the county with 25 bus routes and 85 mi of bike trails. Intercity rail service is provided by Amtrak at Alton station. Trains on the Lincoln Service route travel between Chicago and St. Louis.

Major highways

 * I-55.svg I-55
 * I-70.svg I-70
 * I-255.svg I-255
 * I-270.svg I-270
 * US 40.svg US 40
 * US 67.svg US 67
 * Illinois 3.svg IL 3
 * Illinois 4.svg IL 4
 * Illinois 100.svg IL 100
 * Illinois 162.svg IL 162
 * Illinois 140.svg IL 140
 * Illinois 160.svg IL 160
 * Illinois 143.svg IL 143
 * Illinois 157.svg IL 157
 * Illinois 159.svg IL 159
 * Illinois 111.svg IL 111
 * Illinois 203.svg IL 203
 * Illinois 255.svg IL 255
 * Illinois 267.svg IL 267
 * Illinois 267.svg IL 267

Demographics
According to the 2020 census, the racial makeup of the county was 81.4% white (80.4% white non-Hispanic), 9.4% black or African American, 1.0% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 6.3% two or more races, and 1.5% some other race. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 4.1% of the population.

According to the 2010 census, there were 269,282 people, 108,094 households, and 71,756 families residing in the county. The population density was 376.3 PD/sqmi. There were 117,106 housing units at an average density of 163.7 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 88.2% white, 7.9% black or African American, 0.8% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.9% from other races, and 1.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.7% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 32.7% were German, 14.9% were Irish, 10.5% were English, 7.5% were American, and 5.7% were Italian.

Of the 108,094 households, 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.3% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 33.6% were non-families, and 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.98. The median age was 38.6 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $51,941 and the median income for a family was $64,630. Males had a median income of $50,355 versus $35,543 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,127. About 9.1% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.3% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Alton
 * Collinsville (partly in St. Clair County)
 * Edwardsville
 * Granite City
 * Highland
 * Madison
 * Troy
 * Venice
 * Wood River

Villages

 * Alhambra
 * Bethalto
 * East Alton
 * Fairmont City
 * Glen Carbon
 * Godfrey
 * Grantfork
 * Hamel
 * Hartford
 * Livingston
 * Marine
 * Maryville
 * New Douglas
 * Pontoon Beach
 * Pierron
 * Roxana
 * South Roxana
 * St. Jacob
 * Williamson
 * Worden

Census Designated Places

 * Holiday Shores
 * Mitchell
 * Moro
 * Prairietown
 * Rosewood Heights

Other unincorporated and historic communities

 * Binney
 * Cottage Hills
 * Donkville
 * Dorsey
 * Fosterburg
 * Gard
 * Goshen Settlement
 * Kaufman
 * Kuhn Station
 * LeClaire
 * Lincoln Place
 * Lumaghi Heights
 * Meadowbrook
 * Midway
 * Newport
 * Poag
 * St. Morgan
 * State Park Place
 * Upper Alton
 * Wanda

Townships
Madison County is divided into twenty-four townships:

 * Alhambra
 * Alton
 * Chouteau
 * Collinsville
 * Edwardsville
 * Fort Russell
 * Foster
 * Godfrey
 * Granite City
 * Hamel
 * Helvetia
 * Jarvis
 * Leef
 * Marine
 * Moro
 * Nameoki
 * New Douglas
 * Olive
 * Omphghent
 * Pin Oak
 * Saline
 * St. Jacob
 * Venice
 * Wood River

Islands

 * Chouteau Island
 * Gabaret Island
 * Mosenthein Island

Historic Settlements

 * Camp Dubois

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

† county seat

Politics
Like much of southern Illinois, Madison County was a predominantly Democratic area for much of its history, but in recent elections has been moving toward Republican. Mitt Romney narrowly carried the county in the 2012 presidential election, becoming the first Republican presidential nominee to do so since 1984. In 2016, Donald Trump carried the largest share of the vote for any Republican presidential candidate since 1972. The county also supported the Republican candidates for governor in 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022.

Education

 * Alton Community Unit School District 11
 * Bethalto Community Unit School District 8
 * Collinsville Community Unit School District 10
 * East Alton School District 13
 * East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14
 * Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7
 * Granite City Community Unit School District 9
 * Highland Community Unit School District 5
 * Madison Community Unit School District 12
 * Roxana Community Unit School District 1
 * Triad Community Unit School District 2
 * Venice Community Unit School District 3
 * Wood River-Hartford Elementary School District 15

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Macoupin County, Illinois

Macoupin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 44,967. The county seat is Carlinville.

The primary industry is agriculture, consisting of crops of corn (maize), soybeans, and some wheat.

History
The region was inhabited by Illinoisan Indians when the first white explorers arrived. Macoupin is an adaptation of the Miami-Illinois term for the American lotus Nelumbo lutea. None of the native Indians remain, although some descendants of the earliest European settlers claim partial ancestry. The first European contact was by French explorers in the seventeenth century, travelling southward down the major rivers. The main European settlement was from the southwest, as people moved inland from the established transportation route of the Mississippi River. Macoupin County was established on January 17, 1829. It was formed out of Greene and Madison Counties and was named after Macoupin Creek, which runs near Carlinville and meanders southwest to the Illinois River. The economy was based on subsistence agriculture, and communication was to the southwest.

In the middle 19th century, Illinois developed and changed rapidly. The greatest change was in the building of railroads, and Macoupin County was on the rail and road transportation link between St. Louis and the still-young metropolis of Chicago. The county lies midway between St. Louis and the relocated state capital of Springfield. The economy was still based entirely on agriculture, but there was now easier market access. Towns were small and sparsely distributed, and any new communities were founded along the railroad lines that provided transportation. Culturally, the county remained closer to its historical ties with St. Louis than to more northerly areas.

Agriculture remained a mainstay of the economy, but this was joined by coal mining, an industry that partially changed the complexion of the county. With coal underlying the entire region, the most economical development was to place mines alongside the railroad tracks (for transportation of coal) and located in or near already-existing towns. By the twentieth century, there were mines in many towns, all of them with substantial populations of foreign-born miners from everywhere in Europe.

During the twentieth century, agriculture and coal mining remained the mainstays of the county's economy, and the county's fortunes rose and fell with them. Farming was still family based. Macoupin County was often at the center of major labor disputes between mine owners and miners and was a hotbed of union activity. The county had previously played a significant role in violent 1890s disputes that brought unwanted national attention, was at center stage when the United Mine Workers rose to power, and was again prominent during the internecine war between the UMW and the Progressive Miners of America of the 1930s.

Agriculture remained the county's prime economic activity, but farming became a large-scale corporate enterprise, with small family farms rapidly disappearing. Coal mining decreased and has almost disappeared entirely. Buildings and structures related to coal mining were torn down as they were wasted away, so there is now little to see of this once-major industry.

Towns were (and still are) characterized either by a midwestern town square layout or by a main street layout. In the former, a central city block may be a small park with a gazebo, with the small businesses of the town surrounding it. In the latter, a single street will have the small businesses of the town lining either side of it. Carlinville has a city square layout, with the main county building occupying the central city block. This building houses all the offices of the county. Typically, churches of the various denominations will lie within two or three blocks of the town square, or sometimes will lie mainly along a single street near the town's center.

With modern roads easily accessible, some towns in the northern part of the county became virtual bedroom communities as people commuted to Springfield to work and shop, hastening the decline of small businesses in the towns. The same effect was felt in the southernmost part of the county, and in 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau included the county in the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area due to increased commuting patterns and employment in St. Louis and the Metro-East.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 868 sqmi, of which 863 sqmi is land and 4.7 sqmi (0.5%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Carlinville have ranged from a low of 17 °F in January to a high of 87 °F in July, although a record low of -23 °F was recorded in February 1905 and a record high of 113 °F was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.95 in in February to 4.25 in in May.

Major highways

 * I-55.svg Interstate 55
 * Illinois 4.svg Illinois Route 4
 * Illinois 16.svg Illinois Route 16
 * Illinois 138.svg Illinois Route 138
 * Illinois 108.svg Illinois Route 108
 * Illinois 111.svg Illinois Route 111
 * Illinois 159.svg Illinois Route 159
 * Illinois 267.svg Illinois Route 267

Adjacent counties

 * Sangamon County – northeast
 * Montgomery County – east
 * Madison County – south
 * Greene County – west
 * Jersey County – west
 * Morgan County – northwest

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 47,765 people, 19,381 households, and 13,224 families residing in the county. The population density was 55.4 PD/sqmi. There were 21,584 housing units at an average density of 25.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 97.6% white, 0.8% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.2% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0.9% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 35.8% were German, 16.2% were Irish, 13.9% were English, 9.5% were American, and 8.0% were Italian.

Of the 19,381 households, 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.8% were non-families, and 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.90. The median age was 41.7 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $47,178 and the median income for a family was $59,700. Males had a median income of $48,878 versus $30,748 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,222. About 9.7% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.4% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Benld
 * Bunker Hill
 * Carlinville (seat)
 * Gillespie
 * Girard
 * Mount Olive
 * Staunton
 * Virden

Towns

 * Nilwood
 * Shipman

Villages

 * Brighton
 * Chesterfield
 * Dorchester
 * Eagarville
 * East Gillespie
 * Hettick
 * Lake Ka-ho
 * Medora
 * Modesto
 * Mount Clare
 * Palmyra
 * Royal Lakes
 * Sawyerville
 * Scottville
 * Standard City
 * White City
 * Wilsonville

Unincorporated communities

 * Anderson
 * Atwater
 * Barr
 * Hagaman
 * McVey
 * Piasa
 * Plainview
 * Reader
 * Womac
 * Woodburn

Townships
Macoupin County is divided into twenty-six townships:

 * Barr
 * Bird
 * Brighton
 * Brushy Mound
 * Bunker Hill
 * Cahokia
 * Carlinville
 * Chesterfield
 * Dorchester
 * Gillespie
 * Girard
 * Hillyard
 * Honey Point
 * Mount Olive
 * Nilwood
 * North Otter
 * North Palmyra
 * Polk
 * Scottville
 * Shaws Point
 * Shipman
 * South Otter
 * South Palmyra
 * Staunton
 * Virden
 * Western Mound

Politics
As part of the rural German Catholic belt surrounding the Illinois section of the St. Louis metropolitan area, Macoupin County traditionally favored the Democratic Party. Up to and including the 2000 election, Macoupin voted for the Republican nominee only in six major landslide victories, and no Republican gained an absolute majority of the county's vote until Richard Nixon’s 3,000-plus-county landslides victory over George McGovern in 1972.

The twenty-first century has seen a major change in these voting patterns due to the county's conservative population. The 2012 election saw Illinoisan Barack Obama become the first Democrat to win the presidency without carrying Macoupin County, and in 2016 Hillary Clinton won less than thirty percent of the vote in this once traditionally Democratic county – a figure eleven percent worse than McGovern's in his landslide defeat.

Education

 * Bunker Hill Community Unit School District 8
 * Carlinville Community Unit School District 1
 * Gillespie Community Unit School District 7
 * Mount Olive Community Unit School District 5
 * North Mac Community Unit School District 34
 * Northwestern Community Unit School District 2
 * Southwestern Community Unit School District 9
 * Staunton Community Unit School District 6

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Macon County, Illinois

Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 103,998. Its county seat and most populous city is Decatur.

Macon County comprises the Decatur, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Macon County was formed on January 19, 1829, out of Shelby County. It was named for Nathaniel Macon, a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. Macon later served as senator from North Carolina until his resignation in 1828. In 1830, future US President Abraham Lincoln and his family moved to Macon County.

Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 586 sqmi, of which 581 sqmi is land and 5.2 sqmi (0.9%) is water.

Macon County is primarily flat, as is most of the state and all of the surrounding counties, the result of geological activity during the Pleistocene epoch. During the Illinoian Stage of the Pleistocene, the Laurentide Ice Sheet covered about 85 percent of Illinois, including the Macon County area. The subsequent thaw of the region and retreat of the ice sheet left central Illinois with its present characteristic flat topography.

Because of its central location, Macon County is often referred to as "The Heart of Illinois."

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Decatur have ranged from a low of 17 °F in January to a high of 88 °F in July, although a record low of -25 °F was recorded in February 1905 and a record high of 113 °F was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.95 in in February to 4.54 in in July.

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-72.svg|20px]] Interstate 72
 * [[Image:US 36.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 36
 * [[Image:US 51.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 51
 * [[Image:Illinois 48.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 48
 * [[Image:Illinois 105.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 105
 * [[Image:Illinois 121.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 121
 * [[Image:Illinois 128.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 128

Transit

 * Decatur Public Transit System
 * SHOW Bus
 * List of intercity bus stops in Illinois

Adjacent counties

 * De Witt - north
 * Piatt - northeast
 * Moultrie - southeast
 * Shelby - south
 * Christian - southwest
 * Sangamon - west
 * Logan - northwest

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 110,768 people, 45,855 households, and 29,326 families residing in the county. The population density was 190.8 PD/sqmi. There were 50,475 housing units at an average density of 86.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 79.3% white, 16.3% black or African American, 1.0% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.7% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.9% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 21.7% were German, 17.0% were American, 12.9% were Irish, and 10.8% were English.

Of the 45,855 households, 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% were married couples living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 36.0% were non-families, and 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.89. The median age was 40.3 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $44,337 and the median income for a family was $57,570. Males had a median income of $48,570 versus $31,568 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,726. About 10.3% of families and 15.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.1% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Decatur (county seat and largest municipality)
 * Macon
 * Maroa

Villages

 * Argenta
 * Blue Mound
 * Forsyth
 * Harristown
 * Long Creek
 * Mount Zion
 * Niantic
 * Oreana
 * Warrensburg

Census-designated place

 * Boody

Unincorporated communities

 * Bearsdale
 * Blackland
 * Bulldog Crossing
 * Casner
 * Elwin
 * Emery
 * Heman
 * Hervey City
 * Newburg
 * Oakley
 * Prairie Hall
 * Sangamon
 * Walker

Ghost Town

 * Whistleville

Townships

 * Austin
 * Blue Mound
 * Decatur
 * Friends Creek
 * Harristown
 * Hickory Point
 * Illini
 * Long Creek
 * Maroa
 * Milam (former, now defunct, after merger with Mount Zion Township)
 * Mount Zion
 * Niantic
 * Oakley
 * Pleasant View
 * South Macon
 * South Wheatland
 * Whitmore

Politics
In its early years Macon County favored the Democratic Party, voting for it in every election through 1860. Republican Abraham Lincoln won the county in the 1864 election, and from then until the Great Depression Macon County became solidly Republican, only giving a narrow plurality to Woodrow Wilson in 1912 when the GOP was divided by Theodore Roosevelt's splinter–party run.

The FDR-era New Deal saw the county become more amenable to the Democratic Party again due to its strong industrial base. Macon County voted for the winner in every election from 1920 through 1996 save in 1960, 1968, and 1988, in two of which it voted for a losing Democrat over a winning Republican (Humphrey over Nixon in 1968 and Dukakis over George H. W. Bush in 1988). In 2000, Macon voted for a losing Democrat for the third time since the New Deal, as Al Gore narrowly held the county, but since then the county has once again trended Republican, as George W. Bush carried the county over John Kerry in 2004 with the same vote share as Reagan in his 1984 national landslide. Illinois native Barack Obama did carry the county with a plurality in his sweeping 2008 triumph, but was convincingly defeated by Mitt Romney in the county in 2012. In 2016, Hillary Clinton got the lowest vote share of any Democrat since George McGovern; and while Joe Biden improved on her vote share in 2020, he still failed to match McGovern's percentage.

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Kanehekili

In Hawaiian mythology, Kanehekili is the brother Pele and Hiʻiaka (among others) by Haumea. He is the god of thunder.

He was born from the mouth of Haumea.

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Logan County, Illinois

Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 27,987. Its county seat is Lincoln.

Logan County comprises the Lincoln, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL Combined Statistical Area.

History
Established in 1839, Logan County was named after physician and State Representative John Logan, father of Union General John Alexander Logan.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 619 sqmi, of which 618 sqmi is land and 0.9 sqmi (0.1%) is water.

Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Lincoln have ranged from a low of 15 °F in January to a high of 86 °F in July, although a record low of -29 °F was recorded in December 1914 and a record high of 113 °F was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.55 in in February to 4.42 in in May.

Transit

 * SHOW Bus
 * Lincoln station

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-55.svg|20px]] Interstate 55
 * [[Image:I-155.svg|20px]] Interstate 155
 * [[Image:US 136.svg|20px]] U.S. Highway 136
 * [[Image:Illinois 10.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 10
 * [[Image:Illinois 54.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 54
 * [[Image:Illinois 121.svg|20px]] Illinois Route 121

Adjacent counties

 * Mason County - northwest
 * Tazewell County - north
 * McLean County - northeast
 * De Witt County - east
 * Macon County - southeast
 * Sangamon County - south
 * Menard County - west

Demographics
According to the 2010 United States Census, there were 30,305 people, 11,070 households, and 7,274 families residing in the county. The population density was 49.0 PD/sqmi. There were 12,107 housing units at an average density of 19.6 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 89.1% white, 7.5% black or African American, 0.6% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 1.2% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.9% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 30.9% were German, 17.4% were American, 13.1% were Irish, and 10.8% were English.

Of the 11,070 households, 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 34.3% were non-families, and 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.85. The median age was 39.4 years. 14.4% of the population were living in group quarters including 11.4% of the population institutionalized.

The median income for a household in the county was $48,999 and the median income for a family was $63,245. Males had a median income of $43,940 versus $31,783 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,063. About 6.8% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.1% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

 * Atlanta
 * Lincoln (seat)
 * Mount Pulaski

Villages

 * Broadwell
 * Elkhart
 * Emden
 * Hartsburg
 * Latham
 * Middletown
 * New Holland
 * San Jose

Census-designated places

 * Beason
 * Chestnut
 * Cornland

Unincorporated communities

 * Bakerville
 * Bell
 * Burtonview
 * Chestervale
 * Croft
 * Evans
 * Fogarty
 * Harness
 * Lake Fork
 * Lawndale
 * Lucas
 * Mount Fulcher
 * Mountjoy
 * Narita
 * Skelton
 * Union

Extinct community

 * Postville

Townships

 * Aetna
 * Atlanta
 * Broadwell
 * Chester
 * Corwin
 * East Lincoln
 * Elkhart
 * Eminence
 * Hurlbut
 * Laenna
 * Lake Fork
 * Mt. Pulaski
 * Oran
 * Orvil
 * Prairie Creek
 * Sheridan
 * West Lincoln

Government and infrastructure
The Illinois Department of Corrections Logan Correctional Center is located in unincorporated Logan County, near Lincoln.

Politics
In the period following the Civil War, Logan was a swing county, following the popular vote winner in every election up to 1936 except those of 1900 and 1916. Since 1940, when its isolationist sentiment drove voters to Wendell Willkie, Logan has become a strongly Republican county. No Democratic presidential candidate has won Logan County since Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 landslide over Barry Goldwater. In fact, apart from Johnson, Barack Obama in 2008 is the solitary Democrat to reach forty percent in the past nineteen elections.

Notable people

 * Brian Cook, NBA player
 * Norm Cook, NBA player
 * Robert A. Emmitt, Oregon armer and legislator
 * Terry Kinney, actor
 * Edward Madigan, Former United States Secretary of Agriculture
 * William Keepers Maxwell Jr., editor, novelist, short story writeril

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