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Illinois Counties
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Illinois Counties
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Mercer County, Illinois
Mercer County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Aledo
Year Organized: 1825
Square Miles: 561
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Court House: 100 SE 3rd Street
County Courthouse
Aledo, IL 61231-1948
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Gen. Hugh Mercer, killed at the Battle of Princeton during the
American Revolution.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Mercer County was created on January 13, 1825 (Laws, 1825, p. 93) and was formed from unorganized land (Pike County).
County organization was completed in 1835. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Attached to Warren County
[Laws, 1831, p. 68.] (1831–1835), Attached to Peoria County [Laws, 1826, p. 76.] (1826–1831), Attached to Schuyler
County [Laws, 1825, p. 95.] (1825–1826), Pike County (1821–1825), Madison County (1812–1821) and St. Clair County
(1795–1812).
The County was named for Hugh Mercer, a General of the Revolution, killed at the battle of Princeton. The County Seat is
Aledo . Prior County Seats was New Boston—Temporary designation (1835–1837), Millersburg (1837–1847), Keithsburg
(1847–1857) and Aledo (1857–Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 569 square miles (1,473 kmē), of which, 561
square miles (1,453 kmē) of it is land and 8 square miles (20 kmē) of it (1.38%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Rock Island County; Henry County
- Southeast: Knox County; Warren County
- Southwest: Henderson County; Des Moines County, Iowa
- West: Louisa County, Iowa
Cities and Towns:
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- Abington |
township |
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- Aledo
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Alexis |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Duncan |
township |
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- Eliza |
township |
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- Greene |
township |
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- Joy |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Keithsburg |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Matherville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mercer |
township |
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- New Boston |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Henderson |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ohio Grove |
township |
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- Preemption |
township |
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- Richland Grove |
township |
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- Rivoli |
township |
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- Seaton |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sherrard |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Suez |
township |
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- Viola |
village |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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Online High Schools
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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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