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Marshall County, Illinois
Marshall County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lacon
Year Organized: 1839
Square Miles: 386 |
Court House: PO Box 328
County Courthouse
Lacon, IL 61540-0328
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Named: John Marshall, fourth Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
Known for developing the power of the Supreme Court and formulating
constitutional law.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Marshall County was created on January 19, 1839 (Laws, 1839, p. 43) and was formed from Putnam and La Salle Counties.
Present area), or parts of it), formerly included in: Putnam County (1825–1839), Peoria County (1827–1827), Fulton
County (1823–1825), Sangamon County (1821–1823), Bond County (1817–1821), Madison County (1812–1821), St. Clair County
(1801–1812) and Knox), Northwest Territory (1795–1801).
The County was named for John Marshall, a soldier of the Revolution, statesman, author and jurist, Ambassador to France,
Representative in Congress from Virginia, Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The
County Seat is Lacon (1839-Present).
The History of Bureau County
(Taken From the Earliest Historical Facts of Marshall-Putnam Counties, Also Bureau and Stark Counties,
Compiled and Published by Mr. Henry A. Ford, 1860)
Chapter II: The History of Illinois 1690-1825 and Chapter V: The Black Hawk War
Chapter I: European Discovery in the West
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 399 square miles (1,032 kmē), of which, 386
square miles (1,000 kmē) of it is land and 12 square miles (32 kmē) of it (3.12%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Putnam County; La Salle County
- Southeast: Woodford County
- Southwest: Peoria County
- West: Stark County
- Northwest: Bureau County
Cities and Towns:
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- Bell Plain |
township |
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- Evans |
township |
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- Garfield |
township |
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- Henry |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hopewell |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- La Rose |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lacon
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sparland |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Steuben |
township |
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- Toluca |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Varna |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Washburn |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wenona |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Whitefield |
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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