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McLean County, Illinois
McLean County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Bloomington
Year Organized: 1830
Square Miles: 1,184 |
Court House: 104 W Front Street
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Bloomington, IL 61701-5005
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
John McLean, first representative in Congress from Illinois in
1818 and US Senator (1824-25).
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
McLean County was created on December 25, 1830 (Laws, 1830, p. 31) and was formed from Tazewell and unorganized land
(Tazewell County). Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Eastern Part [Shelby County (1827–1830), Fayette
County (1821–1827), Clark County (1819–1821), Crawford County (1816–1819), Edwards County (1815–1816)], Western Part
[Tazewell County (1827–1831), Peoria County (1825–1827), Sangamon County (1821–1825), Bond County (1817–1821)], Madison
County (1812–1817), St. Clair County (1801–1812) and Knox, Northwest Territory (1790–1801).
The County was named for John McLean, a pioneer lawyer, Territorial judge, first Representative in Congress from
Illinois (1818), and United States Senator (1824–1825). The County Seat is Bloomington (1831-Present, Named Blooming
Grove until 1831).
Geography
McLean County boasts some of the richest soil in the world. Only patches of farmland in Argentina, southern
Ukraine and along the Yellow River in China match the fertile ground that covers much of the northern half of
Illinois, particularly a high-yielding band through the state's midsection.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Livingston County
- East: Ford County
- Southeast: Champaign County; Piatt County
- South: DeWitt County
- Southwest: Logan County
- West: Tazewell County
- Northwest: Woodford County
Cities and Towns:
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- Allin |
township |
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- Anchor |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Arrowsmith |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bellflower |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bloomington
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bloomington City |
township |
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- Carlock |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cheney's Grove |
township |
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- Chenoa |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Colfax |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cooksville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cropsey |
township |
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- Danvers |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Downs |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dry Grove |
township |
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- Ellsworth |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Empire |
township |
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- Funks Grove |
township |
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- Gridley |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Heyworth |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hudson |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Le Roy |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lexington |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Martin |
township |
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- McLean |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Money Creek |
township |
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- Mount Hope |
township |
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- Normal |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oldtown |
township |
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- Randolph |
township |
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- Saybrook |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stanford |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Towanda |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Waldo |
township |
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- West |
township |
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- White Oak |
township |
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- Yates |
township |
County Resources:
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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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