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Fulton County, Illinois
Fulton County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lewistown
Year Organized: 1823
Square Miles: 866 |
Court House: P.O. Box 226
Lewistown, IL 61542-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Robert Fulton, first successful builder of steamboats on
American waters.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Fulton County was created on January 28, 1823 (Laws, 1823, p. 88) and was formed from Pike County. Present area, or
parts of it, formerly included in: Madison County (1812–1821), Pike County (1821–1823) and St. Clair County (1795–1812).
The County was named for Robert Fulton, the first successful builder of steamboats on American waters. The County Seat
is Lewistown (1823-Present). Originally Fulton Courthouse; changed to Lewistown on March 14, 1831.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 883 square miles (2,286 kmē), of which, 866
square miles (2,242 kmē) of it is land and 17 square miles (44 kmē) of it (1.92%) is water. The largest city in the
county is Canton and the smallest is Marbletown which contains 1 house. (U.S.Census Bureau)
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Knox County
- Northeast: Peoria County
- East: Tazewell County
- Southeast: Mason County
- Southwest: Schuyler County
- West: McDonough County
- Northwest: Warren County
Cities and Towns:
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- Astoria |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Avon |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Banner |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bernadotte |
township |
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- Bryant |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Buckheart |
township |
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- Canton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cass |
township |
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- Cuba |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dunfermline |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ellisville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fairview |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Farmers |
township |
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- Farmington |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Greenbush |
township |
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- Harris |
township |
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- Ipava |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Isabel |
township |
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- Joshua |
township |
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- Kerton |
township |
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- Lewistown
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Liverpool |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- London Mills |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Marietta |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Norris |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pleasant |
township |
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- Putman |
township |
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- Smithfield |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- St. David |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Table Grove |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Vermont |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Waterford |
township |
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- Young Hickory |
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,
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