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Jo Daviess County, IllinoisJo Daviess County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameJoseph Hamilton Daviess, prominent Kentucky lawyer and soldier; slain at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.
Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts HistoryJoDaviess County was created on February 17, 1827 (Laws, 1827, p. 117) and was formed from Henry and Putnam Counties.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Putnam County (1825–1827), Henry County (1825–1827), Fulton County
(1823–1825), Pike County (1821–1823), Madison County (1812–1821) and St. Clair County (1801–1812). Jo Daviess County was organized from Peoria, February 17, 1827, and was bounded as follows: Beginning on the Mississippi River at the northwestern corner of the state, thence down the Mississippi to the north line of the Military Tract, thence east to the Illinois River, thence north to the northern boundary of the state, thence west to the place of beginning. Galena was named as the county seat. Among those who have been prominent in the history of this county, who arrived in 1827, are, Dr. Horatio Newhall, Capt. H. H. Gear and family, John G. Hughlett, James G. Soulard, William B. Green, Harvey Mann, Charles Peck, Solomon Oliver, Allan Tomlin, Gov. Thomas Ford, Col. James M.Strode, C.C.P. Hunt, Capt. John Atchison, Paul M. Gratiot, Nathaniel Morris, Moses Hallett, Lucius H. and Edward Langworthy, William Hempstead, D. B. Morehouse, and many others whose names are familiar in Jo Daviess county. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 619 square miles (1,602 kmē), of which, 601
square miles (1,557 kmē) of it is land and 18 square miles (46 kmē) of it (2.85%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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