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Ford County, Illinois
Ford County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Paxton
Year Organized: 1859
Square Miles: 486 |
Court House: 200 West State Street
County Courthouse
Paxton, IL 60957-1179
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The County was named for Thomas Ford, the eighth Governor of the State of Illinois. Ford served Governor of the
State of Illinois from December 8, 1842 to December 9, 1846.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Ford County was created on February 17, 1859 (Laws, 1859, p. 29) and was formed from unorganized (Vermilion County).
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Vermilion County (1826–1859), Edgar County (1823–1826), Clark County
(1819–1823), Crawford County (1816–1819), Edwards County (1815–1816), Madison County (1812–1815), St. Clair County
(1801–1812) and Knox, Northwest Territory (1790–1801).
The County was named for Thomas Ford, the eighth Governor of the State of Illinois. Ford served Governor of the State of
Illinois from December 8, 1842 to December 9, 1846. The County Seat is Paxton (Name changed from Prospect City in
September, 1859).
History of Ford 1859 to
1959
1859 -- FORD COUNTY -- 1959
(this information from Centurama Celebrating The First 100 Years of Ford County, Illinois 1859-1959)
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 486 square miles (1,260 kmē), of which, 486
square miles (1,258 kmē) of it is land and 1 square miles (1 kmē) of it (0.11%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Kankakee County; Iroquois County
- Southeast: Vermilion County
- South: Champaign County
- West: McLean County
- Northwest: Livingston County
Cities and Towns:
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- Brenton |
township |
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- Button |
township |
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- Cabery |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Drummer |
township |
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- Elliott |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gibson |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kempton |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lyman |
township |
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- Melvin |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mona |
township |
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- Paxton
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Peach Orchard |
township |
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- Pella |
township |
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- Piper City |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Roberts |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rogers |
township |
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- Sibley |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sullivant |
township |
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- Wall |
township |
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,
act locally." |
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