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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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Pike County, Illinois
Pike County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Pittsfield
Year Organized: 1821
Square Miles: 830 |
Court House: 100 E. Washington St.
County Courthouse
Pittsfield, IL 62363-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Zebulon M. Pike, general in the War of 1812, and American
explorer after whom Pikes Peak in Colorado was named.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Pike County was created on January 31, 1821 (Laws, 1821, p. 59) and was formed from Madison County . Present area, or
parts of it, formerly included in: Madison County (1812–1821) and St. Clair County 1795–1812).
The County was named for Zebulon Pike, an early explorer of the Louisiana purchase. Pike’s Peak was named in his honor.
He was a General of the War of 1812 and was killed at York, Canada. The County Seat is Pittsfield. Prior County Seats
was Coles’ Grove—Now Gilead in Calhoun County (1821–1824), Atlas (1824–1833) and Pittsfield (1833–Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 849 square miles (2,199 kmē), of which, 830
square miles (2,150 kmē) of it is land and 19 square miles (48 kmē) of it (2.19%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Brown County
- East: Morgan County; Scott County
- Southeast: Greene County; Calhoun County
- Southwest: Pike County, Mo.
- West: Ralls County, Mo.
- Northwest: Marion County, Mo.; Adams County
Cities and Towns:
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- Atlas |
township |
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- Barry |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Baylis |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Beverly |
township |
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- Chambersburg |
township |
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- Cincinnati |
township |
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- Derry |
township |
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- Detroit |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- El Dara |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Flint |
township |
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- Griggsville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hadley |
township |
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- Hull |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kinderhook |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Levee |
township |
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- Martinsburg |
township |
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- Milton |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Montezuma |
township |
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- Nebo |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- New Canton |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- New Salem |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pearl |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Perry |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pittsfield
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Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pleasant Hill |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pleasant Vale |
township |
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- Ross |
township |
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- Spring Creek |
township |
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- Time |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Valley City |
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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