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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.
Enniskillen and Derry were the two garrisons in Ulster that were not wholly loyal to James II, and it was the last town to fall before the Siege of Derry. As a direct result of this conflict, Enniskillen developed not only as a market town but also as a garrison, which became home to two regiments.
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 the next county board meeting. [4]
The Illinois side includes Henry County, Mercer County, and Rock Island County. [4] In extreme northwestern Illinois the Driftless Zone, a region of unglaciated and therefore higher and more rugged topography, occupies a small part of the state. Charles Mound, located in this region, is the state's highest elevation above sea level.
The location of the state of Illinois in the United States of America An enlargeable map of the 102 counties of the state of Illinois. Prehistory of Illinois. Indigenous peoples. Mississippian culture. Cahokia; French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1763; Upper Louisiana was called Illinois Country. Treaty of Paris of 1763
Bridge on Illinois Route 15 connecting Wabash and Gibson counties. This span no longer exists. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 228 square miles (590 km 2), of which 223 square miles (580 km 2) is land and 4.3 square miles (11 km 2) (1.9%) is water. [4] It is the fifth-smallest county in Illinois by area.
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 223 square miles (580 km 2), of which 222 square miles (570 km 2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2) (0.1%) is water. [4] It is the fourth-smallest county in Illinois by area. When Edwards County was formed in 1814, it comprised nearly half of the State of Illinois.