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The Circuit Court of Cook County, which is an Illinois state court of general jurisdiction is funded, in part, by Cook County, and accepts more than 1.2 million cases each year for filing. [28] The Cook County Department of Corrections , also known as the Cook County Jail , is the largest single-site jail in the nation.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office is the sheriff.All Cook County Sheriff's Deputies have police powers regardless of their particular job function or title. Like other Sheriffs' departments in Illinois, the Sheriff can provide all traditional law-enforcement functions, including county-wide patrol and investigations irrespective of municipal boundaries, even in the city of Chicago, but has ...
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City Hall-County Building; Committeepeople (Cook County, Illinois) Illinois's 1st congressional district; Illinois's 2nd congressional district; Illinois's 3rd congressional district; Illinois's 4th congressional district; Illinois's 5th congressional district; Illinois's 6th congressional district; Illinois's 7th congressional district
The last county, Ford County, was created in 1859. Cook County, established in 1831 and named for the early Illinois Attorney General Daniel Pope Cook, contained the absolute majority of the state's population in the first half of the 20th century and retains more than 40% of it as of the 2020 census.
National Register of Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois (3 C, 31 P) Pages in category "History of Cook County, Illinois" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The office of Cook County Clerk was established as an elected office with a four-year term in August 1837. Prior to this, from 1831 to 1837, the Clerk was appointed by the three Cook County Commissioners. [1]
Cook County is the largest county in Illinois by population. The current flag was adopted on June 14, 2022 . Winning a competition among almost 300 entries, the flag was designed by Drew Duffy, then a student at Glenbrook South High School, with the guidance of graphic designer Martin Burciaga from the Cook County Bureau of Administration.