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Cadiz, Illinois. 1 language. ... Cadiz is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Illinois, United States. Cadiz is north of Cave-in-Rock. References
Illinois: A History Of The Land And Its People. Buck, Solon J. (1917). Illinois in 1818. The Centennial History of Illinois a famous series by leading scholars; the copyright has expired and the books are in the public domain vol. 1. The Illinois Country 1673–1818 by Clarence Walworth Alvord. (1920) online edition; vol. 2.
Hardin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 3,649, [1] making it the least populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Elizabethtown. [2] Hardin County is located in the part of the state known as Little Egypt.
Between 1818 and 1833, after Illinois became a state, the unincorporated land from the territory, plus a handful of other townships, was made part of the Michigan Territory. In 1818, the southern half of the territory was admitted to the United States as the State of Illinois.
The two companies had been established in order to purchase land from Native Americans in the Illinois Country, a region of North America acquired by Great Britain in 1763. The Illinois Company purchased two large tracts of land in 1773; the Wabash Company purchased two additional tracts in 1775.
The Illinois Country (French: Pays des Illinois [pɛ.i dez‿i.ji.nwa]; lit. ' land of the Illinois people '; Spanish: País de los ilinueses), also referred to as Upper Louisiana (French: Haute-Louisiane [ot.lwi.zjan]; Spanish: Alta Luisiana), was a vast region of New France claimed in the 1600s that later fell under Spanish and British control before becoming what is now part of the ...
Florida Meaning land of flowers, Florida's verdant landscape was discovered by Ponce de León on Easter Sunday. The Pascua Florida holiday in early April commemorates this discovery, during the season when flowers are abundant across Florida. Montana from Latinized Spanish meaning "mountainous", also in Spanish "montaña" is the name of "mountain"
Clay County is a county in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois.As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 13,288. [1] Since 1842, its county seat has been Louisville, in the center of the county's area. [2]