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Webster is an unincorporated community in Fountain Green Township, Hancock County, Illinois, United States. It was originally known as Ramus and was settled under the direction of Joel H. Johnson . The settlement here was largely due to the presence of Ute and Sarah Perkins who had moved to the area in 1826.
The legal name of each township is the form "___ Township" or "Town of ____". [2] State law specifies that no two townships in Illinois shall have the same name, [ 3 ] and that, if the Illinois Secretary of State compares the township abstracts and finds a duplicate, the county that last adopted the name shall instead adopt a different name at ...
Pages in category "City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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] Illinois is divided into 102 counties and, as of 2020, contained 1,300 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and villages.
City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois (23 P) Pages in category "City and town halls in Illinois" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Please note that incorporated towns are distinct from townships, a more common form of local government in Illinois. Incorporated towns are municipalities that were created by a special act of the Illinois General Assembly , before the Illinois Municipal Code went into effect.
The first building to be built, however, is the school building located on Negus Street behind town hall. Originally named Bartlett High School, the two-story Colonial Revival brick building was built 1903-5, and significantly renovated and extended in 1927–28, at the time of the town hall's construction.
The city specifically objected to the cost of the structure the township wanted. In 1869 the township purchased two more lots adjacent the future site of City and Town Hall; the total cost for the two lots was $2,000. [2] In 1884 the city of Rochelle and the Flagg Township came to an agreement and cooperated to erect the City and Town Hall.