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Illinois also has two counties named after the same person, New York governor DeWitt Clinton (DeWitt County, and Clinton County). Information on the FIPS county code , county seat , year of establishment, origin, etymology , population, area and map of each county is included in the table below.
Salisbury Township, Sangamon County, Illinois - not shown here, but the USGS topo map shows it surrounding Salisbury, Illinois and as the northern part of Gardner township above that blue congressional township line. US census 2000 and 1990 doesn't seem to list it.
The administrative divisions of Illinois are counties, townships, precincts, cities, towns, villages, and special-purpose districts. [1] The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3]
Map of the United States with Illinois highlighted. Illinois is a state located in the Midwestern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Illinois is the 6th most populous state with 12,812,508 inhabitants but the 24th largest by land area spanning 55,499.0 square miles (143,742 km 2) of land. [1]
Madison County was established on September 14, 1812. It was formed from parts of Randolph and St. Clair counties and named for President James Madison. [3] At the time of its formation, Madison County included all of the modern State of Illinois north of St. Louis, as well as all of Wisconsin, part of Minnesota, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Lake County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Illinois, along the shores of Lake Michigan. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 714,342, [1] making it the third-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Waukegan, the tenth-largest city in Illinois. [2]
The governor of Illinois has the power to veto proposed congressional district maps, but the General Assembly has the power to override the veto, with the support of 3/5ths of both chambers. In 1971, 1981, and 1991, the General Assembly was unable to come to an agreement, and the map was drawn up by a panel of three federal judges chosen by ...
Central Illinois within Illinois. Historically prairie, Central Illinois is generally flat and includes Douglas County, the state's flattest. [2] [3] The region also hosts a variety of man-made lakes, including Lake Shelbyville, Lake Springfield, Clinton Lake and Lake Decatur. [4]