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Massac County, Illinois
Massac County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Metropolis
Year Organized: 1843
Square Miles: 239 |
Court House: P.O. Box 429
County Courthouse
Metropolis, IL 62960-0429
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Fort Massac
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Massac County was created on February 8 and March 3, 1843 (Laws, 1843, p. 74, 101) and was formed from Johnson and
Pope Counties. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Pope County (1816–1843), Johnson County (1812–1843),
Randolph County (1795–1812) and Knox, Northwest Territory (1790–1801).
The County was named for Fort Massac, a corruption of a French surname, Massiac. The County Seat is Metropolis
(1843-Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 242 square miles (627 kmē), of which, 239
square miles (619 kmē) of it is land and 3 square miles (8 kmē) of it (1.26%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Pope County
- East: Livingston County, Ky.
- South: McCracken County, Ky.
- Southwest: Ballard County, Ky.
- West: Pulaski County
- Northwest: Johnson County
Cities and Towns:
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- Brookport |
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- Joppa |
village |
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- Metropolis
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Seat) |
city |
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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!"
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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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