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LaSalle County, Illinois
LaSalle County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Ottawa
Year Organized: 1831
Square Miles: 1,135 |
Court House: 707 E. Etna Road
County Courthouse
Ottawa, IL 61350-1047
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
LaSalle county was named after Robert de la Salle, a French explorer who sailed down the Mississippi River to the
Gulf of Mexico and claimed the region for France. De la Salle was responsible for the first European settlements in
the area - Fort Crevecoeur on the Illinois River near Peoria in 1680, and Fort St. Louis on Starved Rock in 1682.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
LaSalle County was originally part of Putnam County, which had been established in 1825 Because of the lack of
population, the original Putnam County was reorganized and at act on January 15, 1831 established three counties - Cook,
Putnam and LaSalle County. In 1831, LaSalle County covered parts of present-day Kendall, Livingston, and Marshall
Counties, and the entirety of present-day Grundy County. The current boundaries of LaSalle County were established in
1843.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,148 square miles (2,973 kmē), of which,
1,135 square miles (2,939 kmē) of it is land and 13 square miles (34 kmē) of it (1.14%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: DeKalb County
- Northeast: Kendall County
- East: Grundy County
- Southeast: Livingston County
- Southwest: Woodford County; Marshall County; Putnam County
- West: Bureau County
- Northwest: Lee County
Cities and Towns:
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- Allen |
township |
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- Bruce |
township |
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- Cedar Point |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dana |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dayton |
township |
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- Dimmick |
township |
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- Eagle |
township |
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- Earl |
township |
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- Earlville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fall River |
township |
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- Farm Ridge |
township |
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- Freedom |
township |
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- Grand Rapids |
township |
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- Grand Ridge |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hope |
township |
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- Kangley |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- LaSalle |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Leland |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Leonore |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lostant |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Marseilles |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mendota |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Meriden |
township |
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- Miller |
township |
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- Mission |
township |
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- Naplate |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Utica |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Northville |
township |
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- Oglesby |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ophir |
township |
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- Osage |
township |
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- Ottawa
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Peru |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ransom |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rutland |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Seneca |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Serena |
township |
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- Sheridan |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- South Ottawa |
township |
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- Streator |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Tonica |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Troy Grove |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Utica |
township |
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- Vermillion |
township |
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- Wallace |
township |
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- Waltham |
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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