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McDonough County, Illinois
McDonough County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Macomb
Year Organized: 1826
Square Miles: 589
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Court House: One Courthouse Square
County Courthouse
Macomb, IL 61455-2200
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Commodore Thomas McDonough, defeated the British on Lake
Champlain in 1814.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
McDonough County was created on January 25, 1826 (Laws, 1826, p. 76) and was formed from Schuyler County. County
organization was completed on June 14, 1830. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Attached to Schuyler
County [Laws, 1826, p. 76] (1826–1830), Schuyler County (1825–1826), Pike County (1821–1825), Madison County (1812–1821)
and St. Clair County (1795–1812).
The County was named for Thomas McDonough, a Commodore of the United States Navy, who commanded the fleet on Lake
Champlain in a successful engagement with the British fleet, near Plattsburg in 1814. The County Seat is Macomb
(1831-Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 590 square miles (1,528 kmē), of which, 589
square miles (1,526 kmē) of it is land and 1 square miles (2 kmē) of it (0.13%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Warren County
- East: Fulton County
- South: Schuyler County
- West: Hancock County
- Northwest: Henderson County
Cities and Towns:
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- Bardolph |
village |
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- Blandinsville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bushnell |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Chalmers |
township |
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- Colchester |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Emmet |
township |
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- Good Hope |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hire |
township |
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- Industry |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lamoine |
township |
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- Macomb
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Macomb City |
township |
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- Mound |
township |
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- Prairie City |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sciota |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Scotland |
township |
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- Tennessee |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Walnut Grove |
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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