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Clark County, IllinoisClark County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameGeorge Rogers Clark, soldier of the American Revolution and captor of Fort Vincennes and Kaskaskia. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryClark County was created on March 23, 1819 (Laws, 1819, p. 166) and was formed from Crawford County. Present
area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Crawford County (1816–1819), Edwards County (1815–1816), Madison County
(1812–1815), St. Clair County (1809–1812), Randolph County (1809–1812) and Knox, Northwest Territory (1790–1809).
The County was named for George Rogers Clark, a soldier of the Revolution, who, as a Colonel of the Virginia
militia, established Colonial control in the Illinois country, by the capture of Kaskaskia and Fort Vincennes. Clark County is located in Southeastern Illinois. It was originally part of the Northwest territory. The first pioneer settlement was York, on the Wabash (Ouabache) River, before 1816. The present county was formed out of Crawford County in 1819, just a short time after Illinois became a state. At that time, the northern border of Clark County ran all the way to what would become Wisconsin. The County was named for George Rogers Clark, whose fame came mainly from his exploits on the Illinois frontier during the Revolutionary War. The first settlers came from Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. Many were veteran soldiers of the War of 1812. Settlement increased after the construction of the National Road through the county. Clark County's first County Seat was at Aurora, on the Wabash River. The County Seat was moved to Darwin in 1823 when the good citizens of Aurora realized that the River could flood higher than they could build. In 1839, a county-wide election was held to decide on a new County Seat. The contenders were Marshall, and Auburn. The tempers were high as the voting day drew near and the tension grew. In spite of Auburn changing it's name to Clark Center, Marshall won the day and has been the County Seat of Clark County ever since. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 505 square miles (1,308 kmē), of which 502
square miles (1,299 kmē) is land and 3 square miles (9 kmē) (0.67%) is water. Part of the county's eastern border is
defined by the Wabash River. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
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And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
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