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Livingston County, Illinois
Livingston County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Pontiac
Year Organized: 1837
Square Miles: 1,044 |
Court House: 112 W. Madison Street
County Courthouse
Pontiac, IL 61764-1800
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Edward Livingston, US Secretary of State under President
Andrew Jackson.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Livingston County was created on February 27, 1837 (Laws, 1837, p. 33) and was formed from unorganized land, La Salle
and McLean Counties. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: LaSalle County (1831–1837), McLean County
(1831–1837), Vermilion County (1826–1837), Tazewell County (1827–1831), Fayette County (1821–1827), 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 Edward Livingston, a lawyer and statesman, Mayor of the City of New York, Representative in
Congress from New York and later from Louisiana, United States Senator from Louisiana, Secretary of State under Jackson,
and United States Minister to France. The County Seat is Pontiac (1837-Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,045 square miles (2,708 kmē), of which,
1,044 square miles (2,703 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (4 kmē) of it (0.16%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Grundy County
- Northeast: Kankakee County
- Southeast: Ford County
- Southwest: McLean County
- West: Woodford County
- Northwest: La Salle County
Cities and Towns:
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- Amity |
township |
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- Avoca |
township |
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- Campus |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Charlotte |
township |
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- Chatsworth |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cornell |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cullom |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dwight |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Emington |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Eppards Point |
township |
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- Esmen |
township |
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- Fairbury |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Flanagan |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Forrest |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Germanville |
township |
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- Indian Grove |
township |
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- Long Point |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Nebraska |
township |
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- Nevada |
township |
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- Newtown |
township |
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- Odell |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Owego |
township |
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- Pike |
township |
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- Pleasant Ridge |
township |
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- Pontiac
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Reading |
township |
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- Rooks Creek |
township |
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- Saunemin |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Strawn |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sunbury |
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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Penn Foster High School
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