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Logan County, Illinois
Logan County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lincoln
Year Organized: 1839
Square Miles: 618 |
Court House: P.O. Box 39
County Courthouse
Lincoln, IL 62656-0278
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Dr. John Logan, pioneer physician and father of Gen. John A.
Logan.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Logan County was created on February 15, 1839 (Laws, 1839, p. 104) and was formed from McLean, Sangamon and Tazewell
Counties. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Tazewell County (1827–1839), Sangamon County (1821–1839),
Bond County (1817–1821), Madison County (1812–1817), St. Clair County (1790–1812) and Knox, Northwest Territory
(1790–1801).
The County was named for Dr. John Logan, a pioneer physician, father of General John A. Logan. The County Seat is
Lincoln . Prior County Seats was Postville—Name changed to Camden prior to 1847 (1839–1847), Mt. Pulaski (1847–1853) and
Lincoln (1853–Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 619 square miles (1,603 kmē), of which, 618
square miles (1,601 kmē) of it is land and 1 square miles (2 kmē) of it (0.14%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: McLean County
- East: DeWitt County
- Southeast: Macon County
- Southwest: Sangamon County; Menard County
- Northwest: Mason County; Tazewell County
Cities and Towns:
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- Aetna |
township |
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- Atlanta |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Broadwell |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Chestnut |
township |
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- Corwin |
township |
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- East Lincoln |
township |
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- Elkhart |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Emden |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Eminence |
township |
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- Hartsburg |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hurlbut |
township |
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- Laenna |
township |
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- Lake Fork |
township |
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- Latham |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lawndale |
township |
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- Lincoln
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Middletown |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mount Pulaski |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- New Holland |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oran |
township |
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- Orvil |
township |
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- Prairie Creek |
township |
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- West Lincoln |
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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