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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 447 square miles (1,160 km 2), of which 442 square miles (1,140 km 2) is land and 5.2 square miles (13 km 2) (1.2%) is water. [3] Perry County is located in Southern Illinois.
0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of County Road 795N at the Illinois River 39°56′27″N 90°32′02″W / 39.940833°N 90.533889°W / 39.940833; -90.533889 ( La Grange Lock and Dam Historic
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[1]: 169 In late 1835, the county commissioners announced plans to build a larger brick courthouse, 35 feet (11 m) on each side, and two stories tall; many county residents protested this move because of county finances, but construction finished in late 1837. Contractor Amos Anderson and associated craftsmen were paid more than $2,600.
Old Du Quoin is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Illinois, United States. The community is located along Illinois Route 14 3.8 miles (6.1 km) southeast of downtown Du Quoin . [ 2 ] The community was the original site of Du Quoin before its residents relocated to a site next to a new railroad line in the 1850s.
Knox would later become a county in Indiana and is unrelated to the current Knox County in Illinois, while St. Clair would become the oldest county in Illinois. 15 counties had been created by the time Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The last county, Ford County, was created in 1859.
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