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Illinois Counties
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Illinois Counties
There are 102 counties in the state of Illinois. |
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Monroe County, Illinois
Monroe County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Waterloo
Year Organized: 1816
Square Miles: 388
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Court House: 100 S. Main Street
County Courthouse
Waterloo, IL 62298-1322
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
President James Monroe, revolutionary soldier, diplomat; served
two cabinet posts under President James Madison; known as co-negotiator of the
Louisiana Purchase and author of the Monroe Doctrine.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Monroe County was created on January 6, 1816 (Laws, 1815/16, p. 25) and was formed from Randolph and St. Clair
Counties. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: St. Clair County (1790–1816) and Randolph County
(1795–1816).
The County was named for James Monroe, statesman and fifth president of the United States. He held numerous state and
national offices in nearly 50 years of public service, and was a popular Democratic-Republican president (1817–1825).
The County Seat is Waterloo . Prior County Seats was Harrisonville (1816–1825) and Waterloo (1825–Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 398 square miles (1,030 kmē), of which, 388
square miles (1,006 kmē) of it is land and 9 square miles (24 kmē) of it (2.37%) is water.
The western part of the county on the Mississippi River is part of the American Bottom floodplain, while the eastern
portion of the county is relatively flat and was originally prairie. The transition zone between has high bluffs of
limestone and dolomite and has distinctive Karst topography with numerous sinkholes, caves, and springs.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: St. Clair County
- Southeast: Randolph County
- South: Ste. Genevieve County, Mo.
- West: Jefferson County, Mo.
- Northwest: St. Louis County, Mo.
Cities and Towns:
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- Columbia |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fults |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hecker |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Maeystown |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Valmeyer |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Waterloo
(County Seat) |
city |
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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