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Iroquois County, Illinois
Iroquois County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Watseka
Year Organized: 1833
Square Miles: 1,116 |
Court House: 550 S. 10th Street
County Courthouse
Watseka, IL 60970-1810
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
It is the only county in the United States to be named Iroquois, named for the American Indian Tribe (a
confederacy of six tribes - the Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga, Cayuga and Tuscarora.)
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Iroquois County was created on February 26, 1833 (Laws, 1833, p. 19) and was formed from unorganized land (Vermilion
County). Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Vermilion County (1826–1833), 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(1795–1801).
The County was named for the former confederacy of six Native North American peoples, the Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca,
Onondaga, Cayuga, and Tuscarora who originally settled along the Hudson River Valley. The name of the tribe was given
originally to a river stretching 120 miles between Jasper County, Indiana and the Kankakee River in Illinois and was
later transferred to the county. The County Seat is Watseka . Prior County Seats was Montgomery (1837–1839), Middleport
(1839–1865) and Watseka (1865–Present).
Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,118 square miles (2,896 kmē), of which, 1,116
square miles (2,892 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (4 kmē) of it (0.14%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Kankakee County
- Northeast: Newton County, Ind.
- Southeast: Benton County, Ind.
- South: Vermilion County
- Southwest: Ford County
Cities and Towns:
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- Artesia |
township |
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- Ashkum |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Beaver |
township |
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- Beaverville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Belmont |
township |
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- Buckley |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Chebanse |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cissna Park |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Clifton |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Crescent |
township |
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- Crescent City |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Danforth |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Donovan |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fountain Creek |
township |
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- Gilman |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Iroquois |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Loda |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Martinton |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Middleport |
township |
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- Milford |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Milks Grove |
township |
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- Onarga |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Papineau |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pigeon Grove |
township |
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- Prairie Green |
township |
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- Ridgeland |
township |
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- Sheldon |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stockland |
township |
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- Thawville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Watseka
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wellington |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Woodland |
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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