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Scott County, Illinois

Scott County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Winchester
Year Organized: 1839
Square Miles: 251
Court House:

23 East Market Street
County Courthouse
Winchester, IL 62694-1209

Etymology - Origin of County Name

County in Kentucky

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Scott County was created on February 16, 1839 (Laws, 1839, p. 126) and was formed from Fayette County. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Morgan County (1823–1839), Greene County (1821–1823), Madison County (1812–1821) and St. Clair County (1790–1812).

The County was named for Scott County in Kentucky through the influence of emigrants from that county. The County Seat is Winchester (1839-Present).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 253 square miles (655 kmē), of which, 251 square miles (650 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (5 kmē) of it (0.73%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

  • Northeast: Morgan County
  • South: Greene County
  • West: Pike County

Cities and Towns:

- Alsey village Incorporated Area
- Bluffs village Incorporated Area
- Exeter village Incorporated Area
- Glasgow village Incorporated Area
- Manchester village Incorporated Area
- Winchester (County Seat) city Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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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