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Mercer County was part of this "Military Tract." Seven years after Illinois became a state, Mercer County was founded. It was formed from unorganized territory near Pike County on January 13, 1825. Although the county had been created, its government was not organized for several years; for administration purposes it was attached first to ...
The Mercer County Fairgrounds, located on 12th Avenue SW in Aledo, are the home of the annual county fair in Mercer County, Illinois.The fairgrounds were established in 1869 when the fair moved to Aledo; from its creation in 1853 until then, it had taken place in Millersburg.
Aerial view of Aledo, 2012. Aledo is located in central Mercer County at (41.200172, -90.749956 Illinois Route 17 passes through the city center on Third Street, leading east 8 miles (13 km) to Viola and west 14 miles (23 km) to New Boston on the Mississippi River.
March 10, 2004 (173 Lock and Dam Rd. New Boston: 6: Mercer County Courthouse: Mercer County Courthouse: June 17, 1982 (100 SE 3rd St. Aledo: 7: Mercer County Fairgrounds
Mercer Township is located in Mercer County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,071 and it contained 1,873 housing units. [2] Mercer Township changed its name from Centre Township on an unknown date sometime before 1921. Mercer Township contains Aledo, the county seat of Mercer County.
The Mercer County Courthouse, located on Southeast 3rd Street (Illinois Route 17) in Aledo, is the county courthouse serving Mercer County, Illinois.The courthouse was authorized in 1893 to accommodate the growing county's needs and completed the following year.
Oct. 4—MERCER — Neighbors of Curtis Esquibel and area support organizations are rallying to the aid of the 31-year-old veteran living with a brain tumor. "The response has been unbelievable ...
Mercer County Airport covers an area of 15 acres (6 ha) at an elevation of 740 feet (226 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,480 by 45 feet (756 x 14 m). For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2017, the airport had roughly 6,200 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day.