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Boone County, Illinois
Boone County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Belvidere
Year Organized: 1837
Square Miles: 281
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Court House: 601 North Main Street
County Courthouse
Belvidere, IL 61008-2600
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Daniel Boone, pioneer hunter, explorer and Indian fighter.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Boone County was created on March 4, 1837 (Laws, 1837, p. 96) and was formed from Winnebago County. Present area, or
parts of it, formerly included in: Winnebago (1836–1837), LaSalle (1831–1836), Putnam (1825–1831), Fulton (1823–1825),
Pike (1821–1823), Clark (1819–1821), Crawford (1816–1819), Edwards (1815–1816), Madison (1812–1815) and St. Clair
(1801–1812).
The County was named for Daniel Boone, a pioneer hunter, Indian fighter and pathfinder of the early days. The County
Seat is Belvidere (1837-Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 282 square miles (730 kmē), of which 281
square miles (728 kmē) is land and 1 square mile (2 kmē) (0.24%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Walworth County, Wis.
- East: McHenry County
- South: DeKalb County
- Southwest: Ogle County
- West: Winnebago County
- Northwest: Rock County, Wis.
Cities and Towns:
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- Belvidere
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Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bonus |
township |
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- Boone |
township |
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- Caledonia |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Capron |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- LeRoy |
township |
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- Poplar Grove |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Spring |
township |
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- Timberlane |
village |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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Penn Foster High School
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