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href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Illinois" title="DeKalb County, Illinois">DK</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:147px; top:51px"><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Illinois" title="Lee County, Illinois">LE</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:143px; top:30px"><a href="/wiki/Ogle_County,_Illinois" title="Ogle County, Illinois">OG</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:111px; top:28px"><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Illinois" title="Carroll County, Illinois">CR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:109px; top:50px"><a href="/wiki/Whiteside_County,_Illinois" title="Whiteside County, Illinois">WS</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:84px; top:71px"><a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_County,_Illinois" title="Rock Island County, Illinois">←RI</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:66px; top:90px"><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_Illinois" title="Mercer County, Illinois">MR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:99px; top:84px"><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Illinois" title="Henry County, Illinois">HE</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:132px; top:74px"><a href="/wiki/Bureau_County,_Illinois" title="Bureau County, Illinois">BU</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:144px; top:89px"><a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_Illinois" title="Putnam County, Illinois">PM</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:144px; top:103px"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Illinois" title="Marshall County, Illinois">ML</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:169px; top:79px"><a href="/wiki/LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="LaSalle County, Illinois">LS</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:192px; top:84px"><a href="/wiki/Grundy_County,_Illinois" title="Grundy County, Illinois">GY</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:224px; top:94px"><a href="/wiki/Kankakee_County,_Illinois" title="Kankakee County, Illinois">KK</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:228px; top:122px"><a href="/wiki/Iroquois_County,_Illinois" title="Iroquois County, Illinois">IQ</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:201px; top:139px"><a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Illinois" title="Ford County, Illinois">FD</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:184px; top:110px"><a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Illinois" title="Livingston County, Illinois">LV</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:151px; top:120px"><a href="/wiki/Woodford_County,_Illinois" title="Woodford County, Illinois">WF</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:119px; top:120px"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois">PE</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:118px; top:99px"><a href="/wiki/Stark_County,_Illinois" title="Stark County, Illinois">ST</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:96px; top:109px"><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Illinois" title="Knox County, Illinois">KX</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:71px; top:110px"><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Illinois" title="Warren County, Illinois">WR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:55px; top:122px"><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Illinois" title="Henderson County, Illinois">HD</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:43px; top:146px"><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Illinois" title="Hancock County, Illinois">HK</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:68px; top:143px"><a href="/wiki/McDonough_County,_Illinois" title="McDonough County, Illinois">MU</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:70px; top:162px"><a href="/wiki/Schuyler_County,_Illinois" title="Schuyler County, Illinois">SR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:94px; top:143px"><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Illinois" title="Fulton County, Illinois">FN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:111px; top:157px"><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Illinois" title="Mason County, Illinois">MS</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:136px; top:141px"><a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Illinois" title="Tazewell County, Illinois">TZ</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:168px; top:142px"><a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Illinois" title="McLean County, Illinois">ME</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:142px; top:166px"><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Illinois" title="Logan County, Illinois">LO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:163px; top:163px"><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_County,_Illinois" title="DeWitt County, Illinois">DW</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:163px; top:185px"><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Illinois" title="Macon County, Illinois">MC</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:184px; top:175px"><a href="/wiki/Piatt_County,_Illinois" title="Piatt County, Illinois">PT</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:205px; top:165px"><a href="/wiki/Champaign_County,_Illinois" title="Champaign County, Illinois">CH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:230px; top:162px"><a href="/wiki/Vermilion_County,_Illinois" title="Vermilion County, Illinois">VE</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:229px; top:198px"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_County,_Illinois" title="Edgar County, Illinois">ED</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:202px; top:192px"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Illinois" title="Douglas County, Illinois">DG</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:203px; top:210px"><a href="/wiki/Coles_County,_Illinois" title="Coles County, Illinois">CO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:179px; top:201px"><a href="/wiki/Moultrie_County,_Illinois" title="Moultrie County, Illinois">MT</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:172px; top:219px"><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Illinois" title="Shelby County, Illinois">SH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:145px; top:209px"><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Illinois" title="Christian County, Illinois">CN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:122px; top:193px"><a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">SA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:117px; top:172px"><a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Illinois" title="Menard County, Illinois">MD</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:92px; top:178px"><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Illinois" title="Cass County, Illinois">CS</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:65px; top:180px"><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Illinois" title="Brown County, Illinois">BR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:42px; top:177px"><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Illinois" title="Adams County, Illinois">AD</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:58px; top:203px"><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Illinois" title="Pike County, Illinois">PK</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:95px; top:191px"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Illinois" title="Morgan County, Illinois">MG</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:81px; top:202px"><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Illinois" title="Scott County, Illinois">SC</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:84px; top:221px"><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Illinois" title="Greene County, Illinois">GR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:50px; top:232px"><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Illinois" title="Calhoun County, Illinois">CA→</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:88px; top:241px"><a href="/wiki/Jersey_County,_Illinois" title="Jersey County, Illinois">JY</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:109px; top:228px"><a href="/wiki/Macoupin_County,_Illinois" title="Macoupin County, Illinois">MP</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:134px; top:233px"><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Illinois" title="Montgomery County, Illinois">MY</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:115px; top:259px"><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Illinois" title="Madison County, Illinois">MI</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:137px; top:255px"><a href="/wiki/Bond_County,_Illinois" title="Bond County, Illinois">BD</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:160px; top:246px"><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Illinois" title="Fayette County, Illinois">FA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:184px; top:243px"><a href="/wiki/Effingham_County,_Illinois" title="Effingham County, Illinois">EF</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:203px; top:227px"><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Illinois" title="Cumberland County, Illinois">CD</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:227px; top:223px"><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Illinois" title="Clark County, Illinois">CL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:209px; top:245px"><a href="/wiki/Jasper_County,_Illinois" title="Jasper County, Illinois">JA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:229px; top:246px"><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Illinois" title="Crawford County, Illinois">CF</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:231px; top:266px"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Illinois" title="Lawrence County, Illinois">LA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:211px; top:267px"><a href="/wiki/Richland_County,_Illinois" title="Richland County, Illinois">RH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:189px; top:265px"><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Illinois" title="Clay County, Illinois">CY</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:164px; top:272px"><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Illinois" title="Marion County, Illinois">MN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:141px; top:274px"><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Illinois" title="Clinton County, Illinois">CT</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:113px; top:284px"><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="St. Clair County, Illinois">CI</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:95px; top:298px"><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Illinois" title="Monroe County, Illinois">MO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:116px; top:313px"><a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_Illinois" title="Randolph County, Illinois">RA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:136px; top:293px"><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Illinois" title="Washington County, Illinois">WA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:167px; top:296px"><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Illinois" title="Jefferson County, Illinois">JE</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:190px; top:288px"><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_Illinois" title="Wayne County, Illinois">WN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:213px; top:285px"><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Illinois" title="Edwards County, Illinois">ES</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:231px; top:288px"><a href="/wiki/Wabash_County,_Illinois" title="Wabash County, Illinois">←WB</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:203px; top:307px"><a href="/wiki/White_County,_Illinois" title="White County, Illinois">WH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:186px; top:318px"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Illinois" title="Hamilton County, Illinois">HM</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:166px; top:318px"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Illinois" title="Franklin County, Illinois">FK</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:141px; top:312px"><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Illinois" title="Perry County, Illinois">PY</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:142px; top:333px"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Illinois" title="Jackson County, Illinois">JK</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:162px; top:337px"><a href="/wiki/Williamson_County,_Illinois" title="Williamson County, Illinois">WM</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:187px; top:335px"><a href="/wiki/Saline_County,_Illinois" title="Saline County, Illinois">SL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:204px; top:332px"><a href="/wiki/Gallatin_County,_Illinois" title="Gallatin County, Illinois">GA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:210px; top:350px"><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Illinois" title="Hardin County, Illinois">←HA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:186px; top:356px"><a href="/wiki/Pope_County,_Illinois" title="Pope County, Illinois">PO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:169px; top:356px"><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Illinois" title="Johnson County, Illinois">JN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:148px; top:356px"><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Illinois" title="Union County, Illinois">UN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:123px; top:372px"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_County,_Illinois" title="Alexander County, Illinois">AL→</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:156px; top:372px"><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Illinois" title="Pulaski County, Illinois">PU</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:175px; top:374px"><a href="/wiki/Massac_County,_Illinois" title="Massac County, Illinois">MA</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/State_of_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Illinois">State of Illinois </a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">102</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Populations</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">3,569 (<a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Illinois" title="Hardin County, Illinois">Hardin</a>) – 5,087,072 (<a href="/wiki/Cook_County,_Illinois" title="Cook County, Illinois">Cook</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Areas</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">172 square miles (450 km<sup>2</sup>) (<a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_Illinois" title="Putnam County, Illinois">Putnam</a>) – 1,186 square miles (3,070 km<sup>2</sup>) (<a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Illinois" title="McLean County, Illinois">McLean</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_government" class="mw-redirect" title="County government">County government</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_precincts_in_Illinois" title="List of precincts in Illinois">261 Precincts</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Illinois_townships" title="List of Illinois townships">1,433 Townships</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There are 102 <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a> in <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. The most populous of these is <a href="/wiki/Cook_County,_Illinois" title="Cook County, Illinois">Cook County</a>, the second-most populous county in the United States and the home of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, while the least populous is <a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Illinois" title="Hardin County, Illinois">Hardin County</a>. The largest by land area is <a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Illinois" title="McLean County, Illinois">McLean County</a>, while the smallest is <a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_Illinois" title="Putnam County, Illinois">Putnam County</a>. Illinois's <a href="/wiki/FIPS_state_code" class="mw-redirect" title="FIPS state code">FIPS state code</a> is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL. </p><p>What is now Illinois was claimed as part of <a href="/wiki/Illinois_County,_Virginia" title="Illinois County, Virginia">Illinois County, Virginia</a>, between 1778 and 1782. Modern-day county formation dates to 1790 when the area was part of the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territory" title="Northwest Territory">Northwest Territory</a>; two counties—St. Clair and Knox—were created at that time. Knox would later become <a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Indiana" title="Knox County, Indiana">a county in Indiana</a> and is unrelated to the current Knox County in Illinois, while St. Clair would become <a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="St. Clair County, Illinois">the oldest county in Illinois</a>. 15 counties had been created by the time Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The last county, <a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Illinois" title="Ford County, Illinois">Ford County</a>, was created in 1859. Cook County, established in 1831 and named for the early Illinois Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Pope_Cook" title="Daniel Pope Cook">Daniel Pope Cook</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 Census</a><sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Illinois&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>. </p><p>Most counties in Illinois were named after early American leaders, especially of the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, as well as soldiers from the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tippecanoe" title="Battle of Tippecanoe">Battle of Tippecanoe</a> and the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>. Some are named after natural features or counties in other states. Some are named for early Illinois leaders. Two counties are named for Native American tribes, and one bears the name of a plant used as a food source by Native Americans. While it does have <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Illinois" title="Lincoln, Illinois">a Lincoln city</a>, Illinois does not have a county named after its favorite son, <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>; it does, however, have a <a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Illinois" title="Douglas County, Illinois">Douglas County</a> (founded 1859) named after his political rival <a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas" title="Stephen A. Douglas">Stephen A. Douglas</a>. It also has <a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Illinois" title="Calhoun County, Illinois">Calhoun County</a> (founded 1825), named after <a href="/wiki/John_C._Calhoun" title="John C. Calhoun">John C. Calhoun</a>, outspoken for his pro-slavery and pro-southern views in the years preceding the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. Several of the counties are named after Southerners, reflecting the fact that Illinois was <a href="/wiki/Illinois_County,_Virginia" title="Illinois County, Virginia">for a short time</a> part of <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Virginia</a>, and settled in its early years by many Southerners. No counties are named after heroes of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, mainly because the counties were all named before that war. The state does have a <a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Illinois" title="Lee County, Illinois">Lee County</a> (founded 1839) named after <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_III" title="Henry Lee III">Henry Lee III</a>, the father of <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee" title="Robert E. Lee">Robert E. Lee</a>, who at one time served in Illinois. Illinois also has two counties named after the same person, New York governor <a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton" title="DeWitt Clinton">DeWitt Clinton</a> (DeWitt County, and Clinton County). </p><p>Information on the <a href="/wiki/FIPS_county_code" title="FIPS county code">FIPS county code</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a>, year of establishment, origin, <a href="/wiki/Etymology" title="Etymology">etymology</a>, population, area and map of each county is included in the table below. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Counties">Counties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: the links in the <a href="/wiki/FIPS_county_code" title="FIPS county code">FIPS County Code</a> column are to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a> page for that county.</i> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 90px;">County<br /> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width:75px;"><abbr title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS</abbr> code<sup id="cite_ref-FIPS_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIPS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: ;">County seat<sup id="cite_ref-NACO_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: ;"><abbr title="Established">Est.</abbr><sup id="cite_ref-NACO_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;">Origin
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" class="unsortable">Etymology<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 90px;">Population<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 75px;">Area<sup id="cite_ref-NACO_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 80px;" class="unsortable">Map </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Illinois" title="Adams County, Illinois">Adams County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17001,00">001</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Illinois" title="Quincy, Illinois">Quincy</a></td> <td>1825</td> <td>Pike County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">John Quincy Adams</a> (1767–1848), sixth <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004644410000000000♠">64,441</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002855000000000000♠">855</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003221400000000000♠">2,214</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Adams_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Adams County"><img alt="State map highlighting Adams County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Adams_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Adams_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Adams_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Adams_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Adams_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Adams_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_County,_Illinois" title="Alexander County, Illinois">Alexander County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17003,00">003</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois" title="Cairo, Illinois">Cairo</a></td> <td>1819</td> <td>Union County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Melville_Alexander_(Illinois_politician)" title="William Melville Alexander (Illinois politician)">William M. Alexander</a>, settler and state representative in the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_General_Assembly" title="Illinois General Assembly">Illinois General Assembly</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003469500000000000♠">4,695</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002236000000000000♠">236</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002611000000000000♠">611</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Alexander_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Alexander County"><img alt="State map highlighting Alexander County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Alexander_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Alexander_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Alexander_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Alexander_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Alexander_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Alexander_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bond_County,_Illinois" title="Bond County, Illinois">Bond County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17005,00">005</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Illinois" title="Greenville, Illinois">Greenville</a></td> <td>1817</td> <td>Crawford County, Edwards County, and Madison County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadrach_Bond" title="Shadrach Bond">Shadrach Bond</a> (1773–1832), first <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Governor of Illinois</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004164500000000000♠">16,450</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002380000000000000♠">380</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002984000000000000♠">984</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bond_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Bond County"><img alt="State map highlighting Bond County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bond_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bond_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bond_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bond_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bond_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bond_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_Illinois" title="Boone County, Illinois">Boone County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17007,00">007</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belvidere,_Illinois" title="Belvidere, Illinois">Belvidere</a></td> <td>1837</td> <td>Winnebago County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Boone" title="Daniel Boone">Daniel Boone</a> (1734–1820), trailblazer of the <a href="/wiki/Wilderness_Road" title="Wilderness Road">Wilderness Road</a> in Kentucky </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004532020000000000♠">53,202</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002280000000000000♠">280</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002725000000000000♠">725</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Boone_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Boone County"><img alt="State map highlighting Boone County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Boone_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Boone_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Boone_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Boone_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Boone_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Boone_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Illinois" title="Brown County, Illinois">Brown County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17009,00">009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Sterling,_Illinois" title="Mount Sterling, Illinois">Mount Sterling</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Schuyler County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Brown_(general)" title="Jacob Brown (general)">Jacob Brown</a> (1775–1828), successful <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a> army officer responsible for Great Lakes defenses </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003629400000000000♠">6,294</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002305000000000000♠">305</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002790000000000000♠">790</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Brown_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Brown County"><img alt="State map highlighting Brown County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Brown_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Brown_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Brown_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Brown_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Brown_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Brown_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bureau_County,_Illinois" title="Bureau County, Illinois">Bureau County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17011,00">011</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princeton,_Illinois" title="Princeton, Illinois">Princeton</a></td> <td>1837</td> <td>Putnam County</td> <td>Pierre de Bureo, Frenchman, <a href="/wiki/Fur_trade#North_American_fur_trade" title="Fur trade">North American fur trader</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004327290000000000♠">32,729</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002869000000000000♠">869</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003225100000000000♠">2,251</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bureau_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Bureau County"><img alt="State map highlighting Bureau County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bureau_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bureau_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bureau_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bureau_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bureau_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Bureau_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Illinois" title="Calhoun County, Illinois">Calhoun County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17013,00">013</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hardin,_Illinois" title="Hardin, Illinois">Hardin</a></td> <td>1825</td> <td>Pike County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_C._Calhoun" title="John C. Calhoun">John C. Calhoun</a> (1782–1850), <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> senator and seventh <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President of the United States</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003431700000000000♠">4,317</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002253000000000000♠">253</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002655000000000000♠">655</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Calhoun County"><img alt="State map highlighting Calhoun County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Calhoun_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Illinois" title="Carroll County, Illinois">Carroll County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17015,00">015</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Carroll,_Illinois" title="Mount Carroll, Illinois">Mount Carroll</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Jo Daviess</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Carroll_of_Carrollton" title="Charles Carroll of Carrollton">Charles Carroll of Carrollton</a> (1737–1832), signed the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> on behalf of <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004155260000000000♠">15,526</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002445000000000000♠">445</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003115300000000000♠">1,153</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Carroll_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Carroll County"><img alt="State map highlighting Carroll County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Carroll_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Carroll_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Carroll_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Carroll_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Carroll_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Carroll_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Illinois" title="Cass County, Illinois">Cass County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17017,00">017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia,_Illinois" title="Virginia, Illinois">Virginia</a></td> <td>1837</td> <td>Morgan County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cass" title="Lewis Cass">Lewis Cass</a> (1782–1866), second governor of <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Territory" title="Michigan Territory">Michigan Territory</a>, fourteenth <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">United States Secretary of War</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004125960000000000♠">12,596</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002375000000000000♠">375</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002971000000000000♠">971</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cass_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Cass County"><img alt="State map highlighting Cass County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cass_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cass_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cass_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cass_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cass_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cass_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Champaign_County,_Illinois" title="Champaign County, Illinois">Champaign County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17019,00">019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Illinois" title="Urbana, Illinois">Urbana</a></td> <td>1833</td> <td>Vermilion County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Champaign_County,_Ohio" title="Champaign County, Ohio">Champaign County, Ohio</a>, which took its name from the <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> for "open level country" </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005205644000000000♠">205,644</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002996000000000000♠">996</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003258000000000000♠">2,580</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Champaign_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Champaign County"><img alt="State map highlighting Champaign County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Champaign_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Champaign_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Champaign_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Champaign_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Champaign_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Champaign_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Illinois" title="Christian County, Illinois">Christian County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17021,00">021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taylorville,_Illinois" title="Taylorville, Illinois">Taylorville</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Sangamon County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Kentucky" title="Christian County, Kentucky">Christian County, Kentucky</a>, which was named after <a href="/wiki/William_Christian_(Virginia_politician)" title="William Christian (Virginia politician)">William Christian</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004332280000000000♠">33,228</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002709000000000000♠">709</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003183600000000000♠">1,836</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Christian_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Christian County"><img alt="State map highlighting Christian County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Christian_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Christian_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Christian_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Christian_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Christian_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Christian_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Illinois" title="Clark County, Illinois">Clark County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17023,00">023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshall,_Illinois" title="Marshall, Illinois">Marshall</a></td> <td>1819</td> <td>Crawford County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Rogers_Clark" title="George Rogers Clark">George Rogers Clark</a> (1752–1818), highest-ranking officer in the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territory" title="Northwest Territory">Northwest Territory</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004150880000000000♠">15,088</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002501000000000000♠">501</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003129800000000000♠">1,298</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clark_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Clark County"><img alt="State map highlighting Clark County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clark_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clark_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clark_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clark_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clark_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clark_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Illinois" title="Clay County, Illinois">Clay County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17025,00">025</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Illinois" title="Louisville, Illinois">Louisville</a></td> <td>1824</td> <td>Wayne, Lawrence, Fayette, and Crawford County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay">Henry Clay</a> (1777–1852), Kentucky legislator who negotiated the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Compromise" title="Missouri Compromise">Missouri Compromise</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004129990000000000♠">12,999</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002468000000000000♠">468</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003121200000000000♠">1,212</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clay_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Clay County"><img alt="State map highlighting Clay County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clay_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clay_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clay_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clay_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clay_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clay_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Illinois" title="Clinton County, Illinois">Clinton County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17027,00">027</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlyle,_Illinois" title="Carlyle, Illinois">Carlyle</a></td> <td>1824</td> <td>Washington, Bond, and Fayette County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton" title="DeWitt Clinton">DeWitt Clinton</a> (1769–1828), <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of New York">Governor of New York</a>, responsible for the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Canal" title="Erie Canal">Erie Canal</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004367850000000000♠">36,785</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002474000000000000♠">474</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003122800000000000♠">1,228</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clinton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Clinton County"><img alt="State map highlighting Clinton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clinton_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clinton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clinton_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clinton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clinton_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Clinton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Coles_County,_Illinois" title="Coles County, Illinois">Coles County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17029,00">029</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_Illinois" title="Charleston, Illinois">Charleston</a></td> <td>1830</td> <td>Clark and Edgar County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Coles" title="Edward Coles">Edward Coles</a> (1786–1868), second <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Governor of Illinois</a>, responsible for the abolition of slavery in Illinois </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004460600000000000♠">46,060</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002508000000000000♠">508</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003131600000000000♠">1,316</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Coles_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Coles County"><img alt="State map highlighting Coles County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Coles_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Coles_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Coles_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Coles_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Coles_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Coles_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cook_County,_Illinois" title="Cook County, Illinois">Cook County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17031,00">031</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago</a></td> <td>1831</td> <td>Putnam County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Pope_Cook" title="Daniel Pope Cook">Daniel Pope Cook</a> (1794–1827), politician and first <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Attorney_General" title="Illinois Attorney General">Attorney General of Illinois</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7006508707200000000♠">5,087,072</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002944000000000000♠">944</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003244500000000000♠">2,445</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cook_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Cook County"><img alt="State map highlighting Cook County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cook_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cook_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cook_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cook_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cook_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cook_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Illinois" title="Crawford County, Illinois">Crawford County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17033,00">033</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robinson,_Illinois" title="Robinson, Illinois">Robinson</a></td> <td>1816</td> <td>Edwards County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_H._Crawford" title="William H. Crawford">William H. Crawford</a> (1772–1834), ninth <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">United States Secretary of War</a>, seventh <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">Secretary of the Treasury</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004183000000000000♠">18,300</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002443000000000000♠">443</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003114700000000000♠">1,147</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Crawford County"><img alt="State map highlighting Crawford County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Illinois" title="Cumberland County, Illinois">Cumberland County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17035,00">035</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Illinois" title="Toledo, Illinois">Toledo</a></td> <td>1843</td> <td>Coles County</td> <td><i>Disputed</i>: <a href="/wiki/National_Road" title="National Road">Cumberland Road</a>, which entered the county; <a href="/wiki/Cumberland,_Maryland" title="Cumberland, Maryland">Cumberland, Maryland</a>; or <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_River" title="Cumberland River">Cumberland River</a> in Kentucky </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004102610000000000♠">10,261</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002345000000000000♠">345</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002894000000000000♠">894</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cumberland_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Cumberland County"><img alt="State map highlighting Cumberland County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cumberland_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cumberland_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cumberland_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cumberland_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cumberland_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Cumberland_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Illinois" title="DeKalb County, Illinois">DeKalb County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17037,00">037</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sycamore,_Illinois" title="Sycamore, Illinois">Sycamore</a></td> <td>1837</td> <td>Kane County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johann_de_Kalb" title="Johann de Kalb">Johann de Kalb</a> (1721–1780), German officer in the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> who fought alongside <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_marquis_de_Lafayette" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette">Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005100288000000000♠">100,288</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002631000000000000♠">631</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003163400000000000♠">1,634</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeKalb_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting DeKalb County"><img alt="State map highlighting DeKalb County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeKalb_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeKalb_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeKalb_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeKalb_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeKalb_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeKalb_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_County,_Illinois" title="DeWitt County, Illinois">DeWitt County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17039,00">039</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Illinois" title="Clinton, Illinois">Clinton</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Macon and McLean County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton" title="DeWitt Clinton">DeWitt Clinton</a> (1769–1828), <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of New York">Governor of New York</a>, responsible for the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Canal" title="Erie Canal">Erie Canal</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004153650000000000♠">15,365</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002397000000000000♠">397</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003102800000000000♠">1,028</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeWitt_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting DeWitt County"><img alt="State map highlighting DeWitt County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeWitt_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeWitt_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeWitt_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeWitt_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeWitt_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DeWitt_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Illinois" title="Douglas County, Illinois">Douglas County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17041,00">041</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tuscola,_Illinois" title="Tuscola, Illinois">Tuscola</a></td> <td>1859</td> <td>Coles County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas" title="Stephen A. Douglas">Stephen A. Douglas</a> (1813–1861), prominent Illinois Democrat who <a href="/wiki/Lincoln%E2%80%93Douglas_debates" title="Lincoln–Douglas debates">engaged in debates</a> with <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004196290000000000♠">19,629</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002416000000000000♠">416</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003107700000000000♠">1,077</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Douglas County"><img alt="State map highlighting Douglas County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois" title="DuPage County, Illinois">DuPage County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17043,00">043</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wheaton,_Illinois" title="Wheaton, Illinois">Wheaton</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Cook County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/DuPage_River" title="DuPage River">DuPage River</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005921213000000000♠">921,213</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002327000000000000♠">327</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002847000000000000♠">847</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DuPage_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting DuPage County"><img alt="State map highlighting DuPage County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DuPage_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DuPage_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DuPage_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DuPage_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DuPage_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_DuPage_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_County,_Illinois" title="Edgar County, Illinois">Edgar County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17045,00">045</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paris,_Illinois" title="Paris, Illinois">Paris</a></td> <td>1823</td> <td>Clark County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Edgar_(politician)" title="John Edgar (politician)">John Edgar</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1750–1832), Illinois delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territory" title="Northwest Territory">Northwest Territory</a> legislature; at the time, wealthiest man in Illinois </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004163340000000000♠">16,334</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002623000000000000♠">623</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003161400000000000♠">1,614</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edgar_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Edgar County"><img alt="State map highlighting Edgar County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edgar_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edgar_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edgar_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edgar_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edgar_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edgar_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Illinois" title="Edwards County, Illinois">Edwards County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17047,00">047</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albion,_Illinois" title="Albion, Illinois">Albion</a></td> <td>1814</td> <td>Gallatin County and Madison County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ninian_Edwards" title="Ninian Edwards">Ninian Edwards</a> (1775–1833), third <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Governor of the State of Illinois</a> and only governor of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Territory" title="Illinois Territory">Illinois Territory</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003596800000000000♠">5,968</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002222000000000000♠">222</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠">575</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Edwards County"><img alt="State map highlighting Edwards County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Effingham_County,_Illinois" title="Effingham County, Illinois">Effingham County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17049,00">049</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Effingham,_Illinois" title="Effingham, Illinois">Effingham</a></td> <td>1831</td> <td>Fayette and Crawford County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Howard,_3rd_Earl_of_Effingham" title="Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham">Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham</a>, military officer who resigned from the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> to avoid fighting the American colonies </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004343310000000000♠">34,331</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002478000000000000♠">478</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003123800000000000♠">1,238</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Effingham_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Effingham County"><img alt="State map highlighting Effingham County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Effingham_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Effingham_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Effingham_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Effingham_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Effingham_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Effingham_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Illinois" title="Fayette County, Illinois">Fayette County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17051,00">051</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vandalia,_Illinois" title="Vandalia, Illinois">Vandalia</a></td> <td>1821</td> <td>Bond, Wayne, Clark, Jefferson, and Crawford County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_marquis_de_Lafayette" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette">Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette</a> (1757–1834), French military officer who was a key factor in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolutions</a>. </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004211640000000000♠">21,164</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002716000000000000♠">716</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003185400000000000♠">1,854</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Fayette County"><img alt="State map highlighting Fayette County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fayette_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Illinois" title="Ford County, Illinois">Ford County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17053,00">053</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paxton,_Illinois" title="Paxton, Illinois">Paxton</a></td> <td>1859</td> <td>Vermilion County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ford_(politician)" title="Thomas Ford (politician)">Thomas Ford</a> (1800–1850), eighth <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Governor of Illinois</a>; served during the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Nauvoo,_Illinois" title="History of Nauvoo, Illinois">Illinois Mormon War</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004132500000000000♠">13,250</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002485000000000000♠">485</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003125600000000000♠">1,256</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ford_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Ford County"><img alt="State map highlighting Ford County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ford_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ford_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ford_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ford_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ford_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ford_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Illinois" title="Franklin County, Illinois">Franklin County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17055,00">055</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benton,_Illinois" title="Benton, Illinois">Benton</a></td> <td>1818</td> <td>White County and Gallatin County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> (1706–1790), prolific writer, inventor, and politician; key factor in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004371380000000000♠">37,138</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002408000000000000♠">408</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003105700000000000♠">1,057</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Franklin County"><img alt="State map highlighting Franklin County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Illinois" title="Fulton County, Illinois">Fulton County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17057,00">057</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewistown,_Illinois" title="Lewistown, Illinois">Lewistown</a></td> <td>1823</td> <td>Pike County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fulton" title="Robert Fulton">Robert Fulton</a> (1765–1815), inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat">steamboat</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004325410000000000♠">32,541</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002865000000000000♠">865</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003224000000000000♠">2,240</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fulton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Fulton County"><img alt="State map highlighting Fulton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fulton_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fulton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fulton_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fulton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fulton_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Fulton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Gallatin_County,_Illinois" title="Gallatin County, Illinois">Gallatin County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17059,00">059</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shawneetown,_Illinois" title="Shawneetown, Illinois">Shawneetown</a></td> <td>1812</td> <td>Randolph County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Gallatin" title="Albert Gallatin">Albert Gallatin</a> (1761–1849), fourth and longest-serving <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">United States Secretary of the Treasury</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003467000000000000♠">4,670</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002322000000000000♠">322</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002834000000000000♠">834</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Gallatin_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Gallatin County"><img alt="State map highlighting Gallatin County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Gallatin_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Gallatin_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Gallatin_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Gallatin_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Gallatin_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Gallatin_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Illinois" title="Greene County, Illinois">Greene County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17061,00">061</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carrollton,_Illinois" title="Carrollton, Illinois">Carrollton</a></td> <td>1821</td> <td>Madison County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathanael_Greene" title="Nathanael Greene">Nathanael Greene</a> (1742–1786), major general in the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004115430000000000♠">11,543</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002543000000000000♠">543</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003140600000000000♠">1,406</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Greene_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Greene County"><img alt="State map highlighting Greene County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Greene_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Greene_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Greene_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Greene_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Greene_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Greene_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Grundy_County,_Illinois" title="Grundy County, Illinois">Grundy County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17063,00">063</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morris,_Illinois" title="Morris, Illinois">Morris</a></td> <td>1841</td> <td>LaSalle County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Felix_Grundy" title="Felix Grundy">Felix Grundy</a> (1777–1840), <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessean</a> senator who served as the thirteenth <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">United States Attorney General</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004535780000000000♠">53,578</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002418000000000000♠">418</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003108300000000000♠">1,083</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Grundy_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Grundy County"><img alt="State map highlighting Grundy County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Grundy_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Grundy_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Grundy_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Grundy_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Grundy_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Grundy_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Illinois" title="Hamilton County, Illinois">Hamilton County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17065,00">065</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLeansboro,_Illinois" title="McLeansboro, Illinois">McLeansboro</a></td> <td>1821</td> <td>White County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a> (1755–1804), first <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">United States Secretary of the Treasury</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003791100000000000♠">7,911</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002434000000000000♠">434</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003112400000000000♠">1,124</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Hamilton County"><img alt="State map highlighting Hamilton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Illinois" title="Hancock County, Illinois">Hancock County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17067,00">067</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carthage,_Illinois" title="Carthage, Illinois">Carthage</a></td> <td>1825</td> <td>Adams County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hancock" title="John Hancock">John Hancock</a> (1737–1793), first governor of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts colony</a> and president of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004171860000000000♠">17,186</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002793000000000000♠">793</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003205400000000000♠">2,054</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Hancock County"><img alt="State map highlighting Hancock County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hancock_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Illinois" title="Hardin County, Illinois">Hardin County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17069,00">069</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown,_Illinois" title="Elizabethtown, Illinois">Elizabethtown</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Pope County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Kentucky" title="Hardin County, Kentucky">Hardin County, Kentucky</a>, which was named after <a href="/wiki/John_Hardin" title="John Hardin">John Hardin</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003356900000000000♠">3,569</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002177000000000000♠">177</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002458000000000000♠">458</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hardin_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Hardin County"><img alt="State map highlighting Hardin County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hardin_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hardin_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hardin_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hardin_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hardin_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Hardin_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Illinois" title="Henderson County, Illinois">Henderson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17071,00">071</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oquawka,_Illinois" title="Oquawka, Illinois">Oquawka</a></td> <td>1841</td> <td>Warren County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Kentucky" title="Henderson County, Kentucky">Henderson County, Kentucky</a>, which was named after <a href="/wiki/Richard_Henderson_(jurist)" title="Richard Henderson (jurist)">Richard Henderson</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003608800000000000♠">6,088</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002378000000000000♠">378</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002979000000000000♠">979</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henderson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Henderson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Henderson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henderson_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henderson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henderson_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henderson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henderson_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henderson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Illinois" title="Henry County, Illinois">Henry County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17073,00">073</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Illinois" title="Cambridge, Illinois">Cambridge</a></td> <td>1825</td> <td>Fulton County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Henry" title="Patrick Henry">Patrick Henry</a> (1736–1799), <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> figure; first and sixth <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004484480000000000♠">48,448</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002822000000000000♠">822</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003212900000000000♠">2,129</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henry_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Henry County"><img alt="State map highlighting Henry County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henry_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henry_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henry_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henry_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henry_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Henry_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Iroquois_County,_Illinois" title="Iroquois County, Illinois">Iroquois County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17075,00">075</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Watseka,_Illinois" title="Watseka, Illinois">Watseka</a></td> <td>1833</td> <td>Vermilion County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iroquois" title="Iroquois">Iroquois</a> Native Americans </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004261360000000000♠">26,136</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003111700000000000♠">1,117</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003289300000000000♠">2,893</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Iroquois_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Iroquois County"><img alt="State map highlighting Iroquois County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Iroquois_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Iroquois_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Iroquois_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Iroquois_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Iroquois_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Iroquois_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Illinois" title="Jackson County, Illinois">Jackson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17077,00">077</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Murphysboro,_Illinois" title="Murphysboro, Illinois">Murphysboro</a></td> <td>1816</td> <td>Randolph County and Johnson County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> (1767–1845), seventh <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>, United States Senator from <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, and general in the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004521410000000000♠">52,141</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002584000000000000♠">584</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003151300000000000♠">1,513</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Jackson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Jackson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jasper_County,_Illinois" title="Jasper County, Illinois">Jasper County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17079,00">079</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newton,_Illinois" title="Newton, Illinois">Newton</a></td> <td>1831</td> <td>Clay and Crawford County</td> <td>Sgt. <a href="/wiki/William_Jasper" title="William Jasper">William Jasper</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1750–1779), <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> soldier popularized by <a href="/wiki/Parson_Weems" class="mw-redirect" title="Parson Weems">Parson Weems</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003914400000000000♠">9,144</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002494000000000000♠">494</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003127900000000000♠">1,279</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jasper_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Jasper County"><img alt="State map highlighting Jasper County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jasper_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jasper_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jasper_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jasper_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jasper_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jasper_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Illinois" title="Jefferson County, Illinois">Jefferson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17081,00">081</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Illinois" title="Mount Vernon, Illinois">Mount Vernon</a></td> <td>1819</td> <td>Edwards and White County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> (1743–1826), third <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>, second <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President of the United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a>, and one of the foremost <a href="/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States" title="Founding Fathers of the United States">Founding Fathers of the United States</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004363200000000000♠">36,320</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002571000000000000♠">571</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003147900000000000♠">1,479</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Jefferson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Jefferson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jersey_County,_Illinois" title="Jersey County, Illinois">Jersey County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17083,00">083</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerseyville,_Illinois" title="Jerseyville, Illinois">Jerseyville</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Greene County</td> <td>State of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, from which many early settlers hailed </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004210910000000000♠">21,091</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002369000000000000♠">369</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002956000000000000♠">956</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jersey_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Jersey County"><img alt="State map highlighting Jersey County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jersey_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jersey_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jersey_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jersey_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jersey_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jersey_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jo_Daviess_County,_Illinois" title="Jo Daviess County, Illinois">Jo Daviess County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17085,00">085</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Galena,_Illinois" title="Galena, Illinois">Galena</a></td> <td>1827</td> <td>Henry, Mercer, and Putnam County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hamilton_Daveiss" title="Joseph Hamilton Daveiss">Joseph Hamilton Daveiss</a> (1774–1811), commander of the Indiana Dragoons at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tippecanoe" title="Battle of Tippecanoe">Battle of Tippecanoe</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004217560000000000♠">21,756</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002600000000000000♠">600</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003155400000000000♠">1,554</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jo_Daviess_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Jo Daviess County"><img alt="State map highlighting Jo Daviess County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jo_Daviess_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jo_Daviess_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jo_Daviess_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jo_Daviess_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jo_Daviess_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Jo_Daviess_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Illinois" title="Johnson County, Illinois">Johnson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17087,00">087</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vienna,_Illinois" title="Vienna, Illinois">Vienna</a></td> <td>1812</td> <td>Randolph County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Mentor_Johnson" title="Richard Mentor Johnson">Richard Mentor Johnson</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1780–1850), ninth <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President of the United States</a> and United States Senator from <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004133260000000000♠">13,326</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002343000000000000♠">343</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002888000000000000♠">888</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Johnson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Johnson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kane_County,_Illinois" title="Kane County, Illinois">Kane County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17089,00">089</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geneva,_Illinois" title="Geneva, Illinois">Geneva</a></td> <td>1836</td> <td>LaSalle County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elias_Kane" title="Elias Kane">Elias Kane</a> (1794–1835), United States Senator from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005514982000000000♠">514,982</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002519000000000000♠">519</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003134400000000000♠">1,344</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kane_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Kane County"><img alt="State map highlighting Kane County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kane_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kane_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kane_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kane_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kane_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kane_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kankakee_County,_Illinois" title="Kankakee County, Illinois">Kankakee County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17091,00">091</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kankakee,_Illinois" title="Kankakee, Illinois">Kankakee</a></td> <td>1853</td> <td>Iroquois and Will County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kankakee_River" title="Kankakee River">Kankakee River</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005105940000000000♠">105,940</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002676000000000000♠">676</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003175100000000000♠">1,751</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kankakee_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Kankakee County"><img alt="State map highlighting Kankakee County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kankakee_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kankakee_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kankakee_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kankakee_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kankakee_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kankakee_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Illinois" title="Kendall County, Illinois">Kendall County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17093,00">093</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yorkville,_Illinois" title="Yorkville, Illinois">Yorkville</a></td> <td>1841</td> <td>LaSalle and Kane County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amos_Kendall" title="Amos Kendall">Amos Kendall</a> (1789–1869), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General" title="United States Postmaster General">United States Postmaster General</a> under Presidents <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Martin Van Buren</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005139976000000000♠">139,976</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002320000000000000♠">320</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002829000000000000♠">829</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kendall_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Kendall County"><img alt="State map highlighting Kendall County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kendall_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kendall_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kendall_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kendall_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kendall_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Kendall_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Illinois" title="Knox County, Illinois">Knox County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17095,00">095</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Galesburg,_Illinois" title="Galesburg, Illinois">Galesburg</a></td> <td>1825</td> <td>Fulton County</td> <td>Gen. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Knox" title="Henry Knox">Henry Knox</a> (1750–1806), <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> general and first <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">United States Secretary of War</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004484110000000000♠">48,411</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002716000000000000♠">716</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003185400000000000♠">1,854</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Knox_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Knox County"><img alt="State map highlighting Knox County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Knox_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Knox_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Knox_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Knox_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Knox_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Knox_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Illinois" title="Lake County, Illinois">Lake County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17097,00">097</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Waukegan,_Illinois" title="Waukegan, Illinois">Waukegan</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>McHenry County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Michigan" title="Lake Michigan">Lake Michigan</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005708760000000000♠">708,760</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002443000000000000♠">443</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003114700000000000♠">1,147</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lake_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lake County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lake County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lake_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lake_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lake_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lake_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lake_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lake_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="LaSalle County, Illinois">LaSalle County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17099,00">099</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Illinois" title="Ottawa, Illinois">Ottawa</a></td> <td>1831</td> <td>Putnam and Tazewell County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle" title="René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle">Sieur de la Salle</a> (1643–1687), French explorer of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes" title="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005108309000000000♠">108,309</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003113500000000000♠">1,135</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003294000000000000♠">2,940</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_LaSalle_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting LaSalle County"><img alt="State map highlighting LaSalle County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_LaSalle_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_LaSalle_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_LaSalle_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_LaSalle_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_LaSalle_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_LaSalle_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Illinois" title="Lawrence County, Illinois">Lawrence County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17101,00">101</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrenceville,_Illinois" title="Lawrenceville, Illinois">Lawrenceville</a></td> <td>1821</td> <td>Crawford and Edwards County</td> <td>Capt. <a href="/wiki/James_Lawrence" title="James Lawrence">James Lawrence</a> (1781–1813), commander of the <a href="/wiki/USS_Chesapeake_(1799)" title="USS Chesapeake (1799)">USS <i>Chesapeake</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>. Famous for his command "Don't give up the ship!" </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004148130000000000♠">14,813</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002372000000000000♠">372</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002963000000000000♠">963</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lawrence_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lawrence County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lawrence County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lawrence_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lawrence_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lawrence_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lawrence_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lawrence_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lawrence_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Illinois" title="Lee County, Illinois">Lee County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17103,00">103</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dixon,_Illinois" title="Dixon, Illinois">Dixon</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Ogle County</td> <td>"Light Horse" <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_III" title="Henry Lee III">Henry Lee III</a> (1756–1818), <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> officer and ninth <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004336540000000000♠">33,654</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002724000000000000♠">724</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003187500000000000♠">1,875</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lee_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lee County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lee County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lee_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lee_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lee_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lee_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lee_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Lee_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Illinois" title="Livingston County, Illinois">Livingston County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17105,00">105</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Illinois" title="Pontiac, Illinois">Pontiac</a></td> <td>1837</td> <td>LaSalle and McLean County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Livingston" title="Edward Livingston">Edward Livingston</a> (1764–1836), prominent jurist, Congressman from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a> from 1831-33 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004353200000000000♠">35,320</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003104300000000000♠">1,043</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003270100000000000♠">2,701</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Livingston_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Livingston County"><img alt="State map highlighting Livingston County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Livingston_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Livingston_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Livingston_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Livingston_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Livingston_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Livingston_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Illinois" title="Logan County, Illinois">Logan County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17107,00">107</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Illinois" title="Lincoln, Illinois">Lincoln</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Sangamon County</td> <td>John Logan, country doctor and early settler, and the father of <a href="/wiki/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">John A. Logan</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004275900000000000♠">27,590</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002618000000000000♠">618</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003160100000000000♠">1,601</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Logan_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Logan County"><img alt="State map highlighting Logan County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Logan_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Logan_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Logan_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Logan_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Logan_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Logan_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Illinois" title="Macon County, Illinois">Macon County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17115,00">115</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur</a></td> <td>1829</td> <td>Shelby County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Macon" title="Nathaniel Macon">Nathaniel Macon</a> (1758–1837), sixth <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker of the United States House of Representatives</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005100591000000000♠">100,591</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002580000000000000♠">580</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003150200000000000♠">1,502</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macon_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Macon County"><img alt="State map highlighting Macon County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macon_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macon_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macon_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macon_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macon_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macon_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Macoupin_County,_Illinois" title="Macoupin County, Illinois">Macoupin County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17117,00">117</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlinville,_Illinois" title="Carlinville, Illinois">Carlinville</a></td> <td>1829</td> <td>Greene County</td> <td>Native American word <i>macoupin</i>, meaning "<a href="/wiki/American_lotus" class="mw-redirect" title="American lotus">American lotus</a>" </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004440180000000000♠">44,018</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002862000000000000♠">862</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003223300000000000♠">2,233</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macoupin_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Macoupin County"><img alt="State map highlighting Macoupin County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macoupin_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macoupin_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macoupin_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macoupin_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macoupin_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Macoupin_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Illinois" title="Madison County, Illinois">Madison County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17119,00">119</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edwardsville,_Illinois" title="Edwardsville, Illinois">Edwardsville</a></td> <td>1812</td> <td>St. Clair County and Randolph County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a> (1751–1836), fourth <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> and principal author of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution of the United States</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005262752000000000♠">262,752</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002716000000000000♠">716</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003185400000000000♠">1,854</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Madison_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Madison County"><img alt="State map highlighting Madison County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Madison_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Madison_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Madison_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Madison_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Madison_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Madison_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Illinois" title="Marion County, Illinois">Marion County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17121,00">121</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Illinois" title="Salem, Illinois">Salem</a></td> <td>1823</td> <td>Fayette and Jefferson County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Marion" title="Francis Marion">Francis Marion</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1732–1795), general in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> known as "The Swamp Fox" </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004366730000000000♠">36,673</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002572000000000000♠">572</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003148100000000000♠">1,481</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marion_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Marion County"><img alt="State map highlighting Marion County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marion_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marion_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marion_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marion_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marion_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marion_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Illinois" title="Marshall County, Illinois">Marshall County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17123,00">123</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lacon,_Illinois" title="Lacon, Illinois">Lacon</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Putnam County</td> <td>John Marshall (1755–1835), fourth and longest-serving <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States" title="Chief Justice of the United States">Chief Justice of the United States</a>, wrote opinion in <i><a href="/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison" title="Marbury v. Madison">Marbury v. Madison</a></i> establishing the principle of <a href="/wiki/Judicial_review" title="Judicial review">judicial review</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004116830000000000♠">11,683</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002386000000000000♠">386</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003100000000000000♠">1,000</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Marshall County"><img alt="State map highlighting Marshall County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Illinois" title="Mason County, Illinois">Mason County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17125,00">125</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Havana,_Illinois" title="Havana, Illinois">Havana</a></td> <td>1841</td> <td>Tazewell and Menard County</td> <td>Named after <a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Kentucky" title="Mason County, Kentucky">Mason County, Kentucky</a>, itself named after <a href="/wiki/George_Mason" title="George Mason">George Mason</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004125230000000000♠">12,523</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002539000000000000♠">539</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003139600000000000♠">1,396</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mason_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Mason County"><img alt="State map highlighting Mason County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mason_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mason_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mason_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mason_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mason_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mason_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Massac_County,_Illinois" title="Massac County, Illinois">Massac County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17127,00">127</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metropolis,_Illinois" title="Metropolis, Illinois">Metropolis</a></td> <td>1843</td> <td>Pope and Johnson County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Massac" title="Fort Massac">Fort Massac</a>, a colonial-era fort on the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio River</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004136610000000000♠">13,661</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002237000000000000♠">237</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002614000000000000♠">614</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Massac_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Massac County"><img alt="State map highlighting Massac County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Massac_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Massac_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Massac_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Massac_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Massac_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Massac_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/McDonough_County,_Illinois" title="McDonough County, Illinois">McDonough County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17109,00">109</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Macomb,_Illinois" title="Macomb, Illinois">Macomb</a></td> <td>1826</td> <td>Schuyler County</td> <td>Commodore <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Macdonough" title="Thomas Macdonough">Thomas Macdonough</a> (1783–1825), commander of American naval forces at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plattsburgh" title="Battle of Plattsburgh">Battle of Plattsburgh</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004268390000000000♠">26,839</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002589000000000000♠">589</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003152600000000000♠">1,526</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McDonough_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting McDonough County"><img alt="State map highlighting McDonough County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McDonough_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McDonough_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McDonough_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McDonough_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McDonough_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McDonough_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/McHenry_County,_Illinois" title="McHenry County, Illinois">McHenry County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17111,00">111</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woodstock,_Illinois" title="Woodstock, Illinois">Woodstock</a></td> <td>1836</td> <td>Cook and LaSalle County</td> <td>Major <a href="/wiki/William_McHenry" title="William McHenry">William McHenry</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1771–1835), officer during several campaigns against <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Native Americans</a> and was a member of the Illinois legislature </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005312800000000000♠">312,800</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002603000000000000♠">603</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003156200000000000♠">1,562</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McHenry_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting McHenry County"><img alt="State map highlighting McHenry County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McHenry_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McHenry_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McHenry_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McHenry_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McHenry_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McHenry_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Illinois" title="McLean County, Illinois">McLean County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17113,00">113</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington</a></td> <td>1830</td> <td>Tazewell County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_McLean_(Illinois_politician)" title="John McLean (Illinois politician)">John McLean</a> (1791–1830), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Representative">United States Representative</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> from Illinois (the latter from 1824–25 and 1829–30) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005170441000000000♠">170,441</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003118300000000000♠">1,183</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003306400000000000♠">3,064</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McLean_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting McLean County"><img alt="State map highlighting McLean County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McLean_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McLean_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McLean_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McLean_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McLean_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_McLean_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Illinois" title="Menard County, Illinois">Menard County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17129,00">129</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_Illinois" title="Petersburg, Illinois">Petersburg</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Sangamon County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Menard" title="Pierre Menard">Pierre Menard</a> (1766–1844), prominent early settler and first <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Illinois" title="Lieutenant Governor of Illinois">Lieutenant Governor of Illinois</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004119540000000000♠">11,954</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002314000000000000♠">314</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002813000000000000♠">813</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Menard_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Menard County"><img alt="State map highlighting Menard County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Menard_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Menard_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Menard_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Menard_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Menard_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Menard_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_Illinois" title="Mercer County, Illinois">Mercer County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17131,00">131</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aledo,_Illinois" title="Aledo, Illinois">Aledo</a></td> <td>1825</td> <td>Schuyler County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Mercer" title="Hugh Mercer">Hugh Mercer</a> (1726–1777), British officer in the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> and general in the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004154870000000000♠">15,487</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002561000000000000♠">561</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003145300000000000♠">1,453</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Mercer County"><img alt="State map highlighting Mercer County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Illinois" title="Monroe County, Illinois">Monroe County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17133,00">133</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Waterloo,_Illinois" title="Waterloo, Illinois">Waterloo</a></td> <td>1816</td> <td>Randolph County and St. Clair County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">James Monroe</a> (1758–1831), seventh <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a>, eighth <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">United States Secretary of War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a>, and fifth <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004349570000000000♠">34,957</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002385000000000000♠">385</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002997000000000000♠">997</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Monroe County"><img alt="State map highlighting Monroe County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Monroe_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Illinois" title="Montgomery County, Illinois">Montgomery County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17135,00">135</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hillsboro,_Illinois" title="Hillsboro, Illinois">Hillsboro</a></td> <td>1821</td> <td>Bond and Madison County</td> <td>Gen. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Montgomery" title="Richard Montgomery">Richard Montgomery</a> (1738–1775), brigadier-general in the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> who led the unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Canada_(1775)" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Canada (1775)">invasion of Canada</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004276630000000000♠">27,663</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002703000000000000♠">703</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003182100000000000♠">1,821</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Montgomery County"><img alt="State map highlighting Montgomery County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Illinois" title="Morgan County, Illinois">Morgan County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17137,00">137</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Illinois" title="Jacksonville, Illinois">Jacksonville</a></td> <td>1823</td> <td>Sangamon County</td> <td>Gen. <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Morgan" title="Daniel Morgan">Daniel Morgan</a> (1736–1802), successful tactician in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> and later <a href="/wiki/United_States_Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Representative">United States Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004321400000000000♠">32,140</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002568000000000000♠">568</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003147100000000000♠">1,471</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Morgan County"><img alt="State map highlighting Morgan County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Morgan_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Moultrie_County,_Illinois" title="Moultrie County, Illinois">Moultrie County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17139,00">139</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sullivan,_Illinois" title="Sullivan, Illinois">Sullivan</a></td> <td>1843</td> <td>Shelby and Macon County</td> <td>Gen. <a href="/wiki/William_Moultrie" title="William Moultrie">William Moultrie</a> (1730–1805), <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> general and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Carolina" title="Governor of South Carolina">Governor of South Carolina</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004143420000000000♠">14,342</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002335000000000000♠">335</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002868000000000000♠">868</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Moultrie_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Moultrie County"><img alt="State map highlighting Moultrie County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Moultrie_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Moultrie_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Moultrie_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Moultrie_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Moultrie_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Moultrie_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ogle_County,_Illinois" title="Ogle County, Illinois">Ogle County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17141,00">141</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oregon,_Illinois" title="Oregon, Illinois">Oregon</a></td> <td>1836</td> <td>Jo Daviess</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Ogle" title="Joseph Ogle">Joseph Ogle</a> (1737–1821), early settler in southwest Illinois, who helped found the first <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist</a> church in Illinois </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004512650000000000♠">51,265</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002758000000000000♠">758</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003196300000000000♠">1,963</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ogle_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Ogle County"><img alt="State map highlighting Ogle County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ogle_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ogle_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ogle_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ogle_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ogle_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Ogle_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois">Peoria County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17143,00">143</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria</a></td> <td>1825</td> <td>Fulton County</td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Peoria_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria tribe">Peoria</a> Native American tribe </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005177513000000000♠">177,513</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002618000000000000♠">618</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003160100000000000♠">1,601</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Peoria_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Peoria County"><img alt="State map highlighting Peoria County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Peoria_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Peoria_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Peoria_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Peoria_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Peoria_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Peoria_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Illinois" title="Perry County, Illinois">Perry County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17145,00">145</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pinckneyville,_Illinois" title="Pinckneyville, Illinois">Pinckneyville</a></td> <td>1827</td> <td>Randolph and Jackson County</td> <td>Cmdre. <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry" title="Oliver Hazard Perry">Oliver Hazard Perry</a> (1785–1819), American naval officer who led the victorious American forces at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Erie" title="Battle of Lake Erie">Battle of Lake Erie</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004205030000000000♠">20,503</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002441000000000000♠">441</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003114200000000000♠">1,142</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Perry_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Perry County"><img alt="State map highlighting Perry County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Perry_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Perry_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Perry_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Perry_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Perry_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Perry_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Piatt_County,_Illinois" title="Piatt County, Illinois">Piatt County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17147,00">147</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monticello,_Illinois" title="Monticello, Illinois">Monticello</a></td> <td>1841</td> <td>DeWitt and Macon County</td> <td>James A. Piatt, the patriarch of a prominent settler family in the early history of the county </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004167140000000000♠">16,714</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002439000000000000♠">439</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003113700000000000♠">1,137</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Piatt_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Piatt County"><img alt="State map highlighting Piatt County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Piatt_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Piatt_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Piatt_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Piatt_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Piatt_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Piatt_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Illinois" title="Pike County, Illinois">Pike County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17149,00">149</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsfield,_Illinois" title="Pittsfield, Illinois">Pittsfield</a></td> <td>1821</td> <td>Madison, Bond, and Clark County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zebulon_Pike" title="Zebulon Pike">Zebulon Pike</a> (1779–1813), early explorer of the <a href="/wiki/American_Southwest" class="mw-redirect" title="American Southwest">American Southwest</a>, namesake of <a href="/wiki/Pikes_Peak" title="Pikes Peak">Pikes Peak</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004143420000000000♠">14,342</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002831000000000000♠">831</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003215200000000000♠">2,152</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pike_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pike County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pike County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pike_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pike_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pike_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pike_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pike_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pike_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pope_County,_Illinois" title="Pope County, Illinois">Pope County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17151,00">151</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golconda,_Illinois" title="Golconda, Illinois">Golconda</a></td> <td>1816</td> <td>Gallatin and Johnson County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Pope" title="Nathaniel Pope">Nathaniel Pope</a> (1784–1850), early Delegate from <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Territory" title="Illinois Territory">Illinois Territory</a> to Congress and judge on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="United States District Court for the District of Illinois">United States District Court for the District of Illinois</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003370700000000000♠">3,707</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002368000000000000♠">368</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002953000000000000♠">953</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pope_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pope County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pope County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pope_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pope_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pope_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pope_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pope_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pope_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Illinois" title="Pulaski County, Illinois">Pulaski County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17153,00">153</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mound_City,_Illinois" title="Mound City, Illinois">Mound City</a></td> <td>1843</td> <td>Alexander and Johnson County</td> <td>Gen. <a href="/wiki/Casimir_Pulaski" title="Casimir Pulaski">Casimir Pulaski</a> (1745–1779), <a href="/wiki/Polish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish American">Polish American</a> general of cavalry in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003491100000000000♠">4,911</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002199000000000000♠">199</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002515000000000000♠">515</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pulaski_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pulaski County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pulaski County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pulaski_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pulaski_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pulaski_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pulaski_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pulaski_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Pulaski_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_Illinois" title="Putnam County, Illinois">Putnam County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17155,00">155</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hennepin,_Illinois" title="Hennepin, Illinois">Hennepin</a></td> <td>1825</td> <td>Fulton County</td> <td>Gen. <a href="/wiki/Israel_Putnam" title="Israel Putnam">Israel Putnam</a> (1718–1790), commander of American forces at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill" title="Battle of Bunker Hill">Battle of Bunker Hill</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003556100000000000♠">5,561</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002160000000000000♠">160</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002414000000000000♠">414</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Putnam County"><img alt="State map highlighting Putnam County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Putnam_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_Illinois" title="Randolph County, Illinois">Randolph County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17157,00">157</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chester,_Illinois" title="Chester, Illinois">Chester</a></td> <td>1795</td> <td>St. Clair County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Randolph" title="Edmund Randolph">Edmund Randolph</a> (1753–1813), first <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of the United States">Attorney General of the United States</a>, and briefly <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004298150000000000♠">29,815</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠">575</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003148900000000000♠">1,489</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Randolph County"><img alt="State map highlighting Randolph County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Randolph_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Richland_County,_Illinois" title="Richland County, Illinois">Richland County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17159,00">159</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olney,_Illinois" title="Olney, Illinois">Olney</a></td> <td>1841</td> <td>Clay and Lawrence County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richland_County,_Ohio" title="Richland County, Ohio">Richland County, Ohio</a>, itself named for its rich <a href="/wiki/Soil" title="Soil">soil</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004154880000000000♠">15,488</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002360000000000000♠">360</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002932000000000000♠">932</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Richland_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Richland County"><img alt="State map highlighting Richland County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Richland_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Richland_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Richland_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Richland_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Richland_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Richland_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_County,_Illinois" title="Rock Island County, Illinois">Rock Island County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17161,00">161</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rock_Island,_Illinois" title="Rock Island, Illinois">Rock Island</a></td> <td>1831</td> <td>Jo Daviess County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_Arsenal" title="Rock Island Arsenal">Rock Island</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005141236000000000♠">141,236</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002427000000000000♠">427</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003110600000000000♠">1,106</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Rock_Island_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Rock Island County"><img alt="State map highlighting Rock Island County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Rock_Island_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Rock_Island_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Rock_Island_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Rock_Island_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Rock_Island_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Rock_Island_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Saline_County,_Illinois" title="Saline County, Illinois">Saline County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17165,00">165</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Illinois" title="Harrisburg, Illinois">Harrisburg</a></td> <td>1847</td> <td>Gallatin County</td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Saline_River_(Illinois)" title="Saline River (Illinois)">Saline River</a> and salt springs in the county </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004228730000000000♠">22,873</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002379000000000000♠">379</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002982000000000000♠">982</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Saline_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Saline County"><img alt="State map highlighting Saline County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Saline_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Saline_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Saline_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Saline_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Saline_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Saline_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">Sangamon County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17167,00">167</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield</a></td> <td>1821</td> <td>Madison and Bond County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sangamon_River" title="Sangamon River">Sangamon River</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005193491000000000♠">193,491</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002868000000000000♠">868</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003224800000000000♠">2,248</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Sangamon_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Sangamon County"><img alt="State map highlighting Sangamon County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Sangamon_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Sangamon_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Sangamon_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Sangamon_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Sangamon_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Sangamon_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Schuyler_County,_Illinois" title="Schuyler County, Illinois">Schuyler County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17169,00">169</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rushville,_Illinois" title="Rushville, Illinois">Rushville</a></td> <td>1825</td> <td>Pike and Fulton County</td> <td>Gen. <a href="/wiki/Philip_Schuyler" title="Philip Schuyler">Philip Schuyler</a> (1733–1804), <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> general and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003673300000000000♠">6,733</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002437000000000000♠">437</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003113200000000000♠">1,132</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Schuyler_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Schuyler County"><img alt="State map highlighting Schuyler County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Schuyler_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Schuyler_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Schuyler_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Schuyler_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Schuyler_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Schuyler_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Illinois" title="Scott County, Illinois">Scott County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17171,00">171</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Illinois" title="Winchester, Illinois">Winchester</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Morgan County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Kentucky" title="Scott County, Kentucky">Scott County, Kentucky</a>, itself named after <a href="/wiki/Charles_Scott_(governor)" title="Charles Scott (governor)">Charles Scott</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003471000000000000♠">4,710</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002250000000000000♠">250</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002647000000000000♠">647</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Scott_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Scott County"><img alt="State map highlighting Scott County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Scott_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Scott_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Scott_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Scott_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Scott_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Scott_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Illinois" title="Shelby County, Illinois">Shelby County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17173,00">173</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shelbyville,_Illinois" title="Shelbyville, Illinois">Shelbyville</a></td> <td>1827</td> <td>Fayette County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Shelby" title="Isaac Shelby">Isaac Shelby</a> (1750–1826), soldier in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> and <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>; first and fifth <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Governor of Kentucky">Governor of Kentucky</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004205680000000000♠">20,568</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002758000000000000♠">758</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003196300000000000♠">1,963</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Shelby County"><img alt="State map highlighting Shelby County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="St. Clair County, Illinois">St. Clair County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17163,00">163</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belleville,_Illinois" title="Belleville, Illinois">Belleville</a></td> <td>1790</td> <td>original two counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_St._Clair" title="Arthur St. Clair">Arthur St. Clair</a> (1737–1818), major general in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> and first Governor of the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territory" title="Northwest Territory">Northwest Territory</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005251018000000000♠">251,018</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002657000000000000♠">657</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003170200000000000♠">1,702</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting St. Clair County"><img alt="State map highlighting St. Clair County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Stark_County,_Illinois" title="Stark County, Illinois">Stark County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17175,00">175</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toulon,_Illinois" title="Toulon, Illinois">Toulon</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Knox and Putnam County</td> <td>Gen. <a href="/wiki/John_Stark" title="John Stark">John Stark</a> (1728–1822), general in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, called the "Hero of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bennington" title="Battle of Bennington">Bennington</a>" </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003521800000000000♠">5,218</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002288000000000000♠">288</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002746000000000000♠">746</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stark_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Stark County"><img alt="State map highlighting Stark County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stark_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stark_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stark_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stark_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stark_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stark_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Stephenson_County,_Illinois" title="Stephenson County, Illinois">Stephenson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17177,00">177</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Illinois" title="Freeport, Illinois">Freeport</a></td> <td>1837</td> <td>Jo Daviess and Winnebago County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Stephenson_(politician)" title="Benjamin Stephenson (politician)">Benjamin Stephenson</a> (1769–1822), representative of <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Territory" title="Illinois Territory">Illinois Territory</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> from 1814 to 1816 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004431050000000000♠">43,105</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002564000000000000♠">564</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003146100000000000♠">1,461</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stephenson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Stephenson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Stephenson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stephenson_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stephenson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stephenson_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stephenson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stephenson_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Stephenson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Illinois" title="Tazewell County, Illinois">Tazewell County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17179,00">179</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pekin,_Illinois" title="Pekin, Illinois">Pekin</a></td> <td>1827</td> <td>Sangamon County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Littleton_Waller_Tazewell" title="Littleton Waller Tazewell">Littleton Waller Tazewell</a> (1774–1860), United States Senator from (and later governor of) <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005129541000000000♠">129,541</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002646000000000000♠">646</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003167300000000000♠">1,673</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Tazewell_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Tazewell County"><img alt="State map highlighting Tazewell County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Tazewell_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Tazewell_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Tazewell_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Tazewell_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Tazewell_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Tazewell_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Illinois" title="Union County, Illinois">Union County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17181,00">181</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonesboro,_Illinois" title="Jonesboro, Illinois">Jonesboro</a></td> <td>1818</td> <td>Johnson County</td> <td>The union of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004166670000000000♠">16,667</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002413000000000000♠">413</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003107000000000000♠">1,070</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Union_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Union County"><img alt="State map highlighting Union County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Union_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Union_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Union_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Union_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Union_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Union_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Vermilion_County,_Illinois" title="Vermilion County, Illinois">Vermilion County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17183,00">183</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Illinois" title="Danville, Illinois">Danville</a></td> <td>1826</td> <td>Edgar County</td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Vermilion_River_(Wabash_River_tributary)" title="Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary)">Vermilion River</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004716520000000000♠">71,652</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002898000000000000♠">898</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003232600000000000♠">2,326</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Vermilion_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Vermilion County"><img alt="State map highlighting Vermilion County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Vermilion_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Vermilion_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Vermilion_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Vermilion_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Vermilion_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Vermilion_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wabash_County,_Illinois" title="Wabash County, Illinois">Wabash County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17185,00">185</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Carmel,_Illinois" title="Mount Carmel, Illinois">Mount Carmel</a></td> <td>1824</td> <td>Edwards County</td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Wabash_River" title="Wabash River">Wabash River</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004109420000000000♠">10,942</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002223000000000000♠">223</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002578000000000000♠">578</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wabash_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wabash County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wabash County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wabash_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wabash_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wabash_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wabash_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wabash_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wabash_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Illinois" title="Warren County, Illinois">Warren County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17187,00">187</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monmouth,_Illinois" title="Monmouth, Illinois">Monmouth</a></td> <td>1825</td> <td>Schuyler County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Warren" title="Joseph Warren">Joseph Warren</a> (1741–1775), played a role in <a href="/wiki/American_Patriot" class="mw-redirect" title="American Patriot">American Patriot</a> movements, a prominent early fatality in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004161850000000000♠">16,185</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002542000000000000♠">542</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003140400000000000♠">1,404</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Warren_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Warren County"><img alt="State map highlighting Warren County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Warren_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Warren_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Warren_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Warren_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Warren_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Warren_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Illinois" title="Washington County, Illinois">Washington County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17189,00">189</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Illinois" title="Nashville, Illinois">Nashville</a></td> <td>1818</td> <td>St. Clair County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> (1732–1799), commander-in-chief of American forces in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> and first <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004135360000000000♠">13,536</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002562000000000000♠">562</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003145600000000000♠">1,456</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Washington_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Washington County"><img alt="State map highlighting Washington County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Washington_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Washington_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Washington_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Washington_County.svg.png 1.5x, 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"Mad" <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Wayne" title="Anthony Wayne">Anthony Wayne</a> (1745–1796), <a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">major general</a> in the United States Army in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Indian_War" title="Northwest Indian War">Northwest Indian War</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004157610000000000♠">15,761</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002713000000000000♠">713</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003184700000000000♠">1,847</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wayne County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wayne County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/White_County,_Illinois" title="White County, Illinois">White County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17193,00">193</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carmi,_Illinois" title="Carmi, Illinois">Carmi</a></td> <td>1815</td> <td>Gallatin County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaac_White_(militia_colonel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac White (militia colonel)">Isaac White</a> (1776–1811), resident of Illinois who enlisted in the Indiana militia and was killed at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tippecanoe" title="Battle of Tippecanoe">Battle of Tippecanoe</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004134010000000000♠">13,401</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002494000000000000♠">494</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003127900000000000♠">1,279</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_White_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting White County"><img alt="State map highlighting White County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_White_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_White_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_White_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_White_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_White_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_White_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Whiteside_County,_Illinois" title="Whiteside County, Illinois">Whiteside County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17195,00">195</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morrison,_Illinois" title="Morrison, Illinois">Morrison</a></td> <td>1836</td> <td>Jo Daviess and Henry County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Whiteside" title="Samuel Whiteside">Samuel Whiteside</a> (1783–1868), state legislator and militia leader </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004544980000000000♠">54,498</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002684000000000000♠">684</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003177200000000000♠">1,772</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Whiteside_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Whiteside County"><img alt="State map highlighting Whiteside County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Whiteside_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Whiteside_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Whiteside_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Whiteside_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Whiteside_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Whiteside_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Will_County,_Illinois" title="Will County, Illinois">Will County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17197,00">197</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois">Joliet</a></td> <td>1836</td> <td>Cook and Iroquois County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Will_(politician)" title="Conrad Will (politician)">Conrad Will</a> (1779–1835),<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> physician, local businessman and longtime member of the state legislature </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005700728000000000♠">700,728</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002835000000000000♠">835</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003216300000000000♠">2,163</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Will_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Will County"><img alt="State map highlighting Will County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Will_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Will_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Will_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Will_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Will_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Will_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Williamson_County,_Illinois" title="Williamson County, Illinois">Williamson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17199,00">199</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Illinois" title="Marion, Illinois">Marion</a></td> <td>1839</td> <td>Franklin County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williamson_County,_Tennessee" title="Williamson County, Tennessee">Williamson County, Tennessee</a>, which was named for <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Williamson" title="Hugh Williamson">Hugh Williamson</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004667060000000000♠">66,706</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002420000000000000♠">420</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003108800000000000♠">1,088</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Williamson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Williamson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Williamson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Williamson_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Williamson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Williamson_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Williamson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Williamson_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Williamson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Winnebago_County,_Illinois" title="Winnebago County, Illinois">Winnebago County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17201,00">201</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockford,_Illinois" title="Rockford, Illinois">Rockford</a></td> <td>1836</td> <td>Jo Daviess County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winnebago_(tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winnebago (tribe)">Winnebago</a> Native Americans </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005280922000000000♠">280,922</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002513000000000000♠">513</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003132900000000000♠">1,329</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Winnebago_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Winnebago County"><img alt="State map highlighting Winnebago County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Winnebago_County.svg/60px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Winnebago_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Winnebago_County.svg/90px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Winnebago_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Winnebago_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Winnebago_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> 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title="Category:Illinois culture">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Illinois" title="United States congressional delegations from Illinois">Delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Illinois" title="List of earthquakes in Illinois">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Illinois" title="Economy of Illinois">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Education in Illinois">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Energy in Illinois">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Environment_of_Illinois" title="Category:Environment of Illinois">Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Illinois" title="Geography of Illinois">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Illinois" title="Government of Illinois">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Health_in_Illinois" title="Category:Health in Illinois">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Illinois" title="History of Illinois">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Illinois">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Illinois" title="Languages of Illinois">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Illinois" title="Law of Illinois">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_in_Illinois" title="Category:Military in Illinois">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Illinois" title="Music of Illinois">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Illinois" title="List of people from Illinois">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Illinois" title="Politics of Illinois">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Illinois" title="Portal:Illinois">Portal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_Illinois" title="List of protected areas of Illinois">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Science_and_technology_in_Illinois" title="Category:Science and technology in Illinois">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sister_cities_in_Illinois" title="List of sister cities in Illinois">Sister cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Illinois_society" title="Category:Illinois society">Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_teams_in_Illinois" title="List of professional sports teams in Illinois">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Illinois_state_symbols" title="List of Illinois state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourism_in_Illinois" title="Category:Tourism in Illinois">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois#Transportation" title="Illinois">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_windmills_in_Illinois" title="List of windmills in Illinois">Windmills</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Bottom" title="American Bottom">American Bottom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomington%E2%80%93Normal" title="Bloomington–Normal">Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Illinois" title="Central Illinois">Central Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign%E2%80%93Urbana_metropolitan_area" title="Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area">Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_metropolitan_area" title="Chicago metropolitan area">Chicago metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collar_counties" title="Collar counties">Collar counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_Belt" title="Corn Belt">Corn Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driftless_Area" title="Driftless Area">Driftless Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forgottonia" title="Forgottonia">Forgottonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Valley_(Illinois)" title="Fox Valley (Illinois)">Fox Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Indiana%E2%80%93Kentucky_tri-state_area" title="Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area">Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metro_East" title="Metro East">Metro East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metro_Lakeland" title="Metro Lakeland">Metro Lakeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Alluvial Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(Chicago)" title="North Shore (Chicago)">North Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois" title="Northern Illinois">Northern Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Illinois" title="Northwestern Illinois">Northwestern Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_metropolitan_area,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria metropolitan area, Illinois">Peoria metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quad_Cities" title="Quad Cities">Quad Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Bend_(Illinois)" title="River Bend (Illinois)">River Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockford_metropolitan_area,_Illinois" title="Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois">Rockford metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Illinois" title="Southern Illinois">Southern Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabash_Valley" title="Wabash Valley">Wabash Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Illinois" title="List of municipalities in Illinois">Municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alton,_Illinois" title="Alton, Illinois">Alton</a>/<a href="/wiki/Granite_City,_Illinois" title="Granite City, Illinois">Granite City</a>/<a href="/wiki/Edwardsville,_Illinois" title="Edwardsville, Illinois">Edwardsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_Heights,_Illinois" title="Arlington Heights, Illinois">Arlington Heights</a>/<a href="/wiki/Palatine,_Illinois" title="Palatine, Illinois">Palatine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Illinois" title="Aurora, Illinois">Aurora</a>/<a href="/wiki/Naperville,_Illinois" title="Naperville, Illinois">Naperville</a>/<a href="/wiki/Oswego,_Illinois" title="Oswego, Illinois">Oswego</a>/<a href="/wiki/Plainfield,_Illinois" title="Plainfield, Illinois">Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartlett,_Illinois" title="Bartlett, Illinois">Bartlett</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hanover_Park,_Illinois" title="Hanover Park, Illinois">Hanover Park</a>/<a href="/wiki/Streamwood,_Illinois" title="Streamwood, Illinois">Streamwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belleville,_Illinois" title="Belleville, Illinois">Belleville</a>/<a href="/wiki/East_St._Louis,_Illinois" title="East St. Louis, Illinois">East St. Louis</a>/<a href="/wiki/Collinsville,_Illinois" title="Collinsville, Illinois">Collinsville</a>/<a href="/wiki/O%27Fallon,_Illinois" title="O'Fallon, Illinois">O'Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berwyn,_Illinois" title="Berwyn, Illinois">Berwyn</a>/<a href="/wiki/Cicero,_Illinois" title="Cicero, Illinois">Cicero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington</a>/<a href="/wiki/Normal,_Illinois" title="Normal, Illinois">Normal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolingbrook,_Illinois" title="Bolingbrook, Illinois">Bolingbrook</a>/<a href="/wiki/Romeoville,_Illinois" title="Romeoville, Illinois">Romeoville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Grove,_Illinois" title="Buffalo Grove, Illinois">Buffalo Grove</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_Illinois" title="Wheeling, Illinois">Wheeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_City,_Illinois" title="Calumet City, Illinois">Calumet City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Illinois" title="Canton, Illinois">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbondale,_Illinois" title="Carbondale, Illinois">Carbondale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Stream,_Illinois" title="Carol Stream, Illinois">Carol Stream</a>/<a href="/wiki/Glendale_Heights,_Illinois" title="Glendale Heights, Illinois">Glendale Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centralia,_Illinois" title="Centralia, Illinois">Centralia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign</a>/<a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Illinois" title="Urbana, Illinois">Urbana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_Illinois" title="Charleston, Illinois">Charleston</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mattoon,_Illinois" title="Mattoon, Illinois">Mattoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Heights,_Illinois" title="Chicago Heights, Illinois">Chicago Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Lake,_Illinois" title="Crystal Lake, Illinois">Crystal Lake</a>/<a href="/wiki/Algonquin,_Illinois" title="Algonquin, Illinois">Algonquin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Illinois" title="Danville, Illinois">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeKalb,_Illinois" title="DeKalb, Illinois">DeKalb</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sycamore,_Illinois" title="Sycamore, Illinois">Sycamore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Plaines,_Illinois" title="Des Plaines, Illinois">Des Plaines</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mount_Prospect,_Illinois" title="Mount Prospect, Illinois">Mount Prospect</a>/<a href="/wiki/Park_Ridge,_Illinois" title="Park Ridge, Illinois">Park Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixon,_Illinois" title="Dixon, Illinois">Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downers_Grove,_Illinois" title="Downers Grove, Illinois">Downers Grove</a>/<a href="/wiki/Woodridge,_Illinois" title="Woodridge, Illinois">Woodridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effingham,_Illinois" title="Effingham, Illinois">Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin,_Illinois" title="Elgin, Illinois">Elgin</a>/<a href="/wiki/Carpentersville,_Illinois" title="Carpentersville, Illinois">Carpentersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmhurst,_Illinois" title="Elmhurst, Illinois">Elmhurst</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lombard,_Illinois" title="Lombard, Illinois">Lombard</a>/<a href="/wiki/Addison,_Illinois" title="Addison, Illinois">Addison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston</a>/<a href="/wiki/Skokie,_Illinois" title="Skokie, Illinois">Skokie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Illinois" title="Freeport, Illinois">Freeport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galesburg,_Illinois" title="Galesburg, Illinois">Galesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenview,_Illinois" title="Glenview, Illinois">Glenview</a>/<a href="/wiki/Northbrook,_Illinois" title="Northbrook, Illinois">Northbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Illinois" title="Harrisburg, Illinois">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Illinois" title="Jacksonville, Illinois">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois">Joliet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankakee,_Illinois" title="Kankakee, Illinois">Kankakee</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bradley,_Illinois" title="Bradley, Illinois">Bradley</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bourbonnais,_Illinois" title="Bourbonnais, Illinois">Bourbonnais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Illinois" title="Lincoln, Illinois">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macomb,_Illinois" title="Macomb, Illinois">Macomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Illinois" title="Marion, Illinois">Marion</a>/<a href="/wiki/Herrin,_Illinois" title="Herrin, Illinois">Herrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moline,_Illinois" title="Moline, Illinois">Moline</a>/<a href="/wiki/East_Moline,_Illinois" title="East Moline, Illinois">East Moline</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rock_Island,_Illinois" title="Rock Island, Illinois">Rock Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Illinois" title="Mount Vernon, Illinois">Mount Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundelein,_Illinois" title="Mundelein, Illinois">Mundelein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Lawn,_Illinois" title="Oak Lawn, Illinois">Oak Lawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Park,_Illinois" title="Oak Park, Illinois">Oak Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orland_Park,_Illinois" title="Orland Park, Illinois">Orland Park</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tinley_Park,_Illinois" title="Tinley Park, Illinois">Tinley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Illinois" title="Ottawa, Illinois">Ottawa</a>/<a href="/wiki/Streator,_Illinois" title="Streator, Illinois">Streator</a>/<a href="/wiki/LaSalle,_Illinois" title="LaSalle, Illinois">LaSalle</a>/<a href="/wiki/Peru,_Illinois" title="Peru, Illinois">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria</a>/<a href="/wiki/Pekin,_Illinois" title="Pekin, Illinois">Pekin</a>/<a href="/wiki/East_Peoria,_Illinois" title="East Peoria, Illinois">East Peoria</a>/<a href="/wiki/Morton,_Illinois" title="Morton, Illinois">Morton</a>/<a href="/wiki/Washington,_Illinois" title="Washington, Illinois">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Illinois" title="Pontiac, Illinois">Pontiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Illinois" title="Quincy, Illinois">Quincy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochelle,_Illinois" title="Rochelle, Illinois">Rochelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockford,_Illinois" title="Rockford, Illinois">Rockford</a>/<a href="/wiki/Belvidere,_Illinois" title="Belvidere, Illinois">Belvidere</a>/<a href="/wiki/Machesney_Park,_Illinois" title="Machesney Park, Illinois">Machesney Park</a>/<a href="/wiki/Loves_Park,_Illinois" title="Loves Park, Illinois">Loves Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Charles,_Illinois" title="St. Charles, Illinois">St. Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schaumburg,_Illinois" title="Schaumburg, Illinois">Schaumburg</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hoffman_Estates,_Illinois" title="Hoffman Estates, Illinois">Hoffman Estates</a>/<a href="/wiki/Elk_Grove_Village,_Illinois" title="Elk Grove Village, Illinois">Elk Grove Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling,_Illinois" title="Sterling, Illinois">Sterling</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rock_Falls,_Illinois" title="Rock Falls, Illinois">Rock Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylorville,_Illinois" title="Taylorville, Illinois">Taylorville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waukegan,_Illinois" title="Waukegan, Illinois">Waukegan</a>/<a href="/wiki/North_Chicago,_Illinois" title="North Chicago, Illinois">North Chicago</a>/<a href="/wiki/Gurnee,_Illinois" title="Gurnee, Illinois">Gurnee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheaton,_Illinois" title="Wheaton, Illinois">Wheaton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Illinois" title="Adams County, Illinois">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_County,_Illinois" title="Alexander County, Illinois">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bond_County,_Illinois" title="Bond County, Illinois">Bond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_Illinois" title="Boone County, Illinois">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Illinois" title="Brown County, Illinois">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_County,_Illinois" title="Bureau County, Illinois">Bureau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Illinois" title="Calhoun County, Illinois">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Illinois" title="Carroll County, Illinois">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Illinois" title="Cass County, Illinois">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign_County,_Illinois" title="Champaign County, Illinois">Champaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Illinois" title="Christian County, Illinois">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Illinois" title="Clark County, Illinois">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Illinois" title="Clay County, Illinois">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Illinois" title="Clinton County, Illinois">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coles_County,_Illinois" title="Coles County, Illinois">Coles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_County,_Illinois" title="Cook County, Illinois">Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Illinois" title="Crawford County, Illinois">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Illinois" title="Cumberland County, Illinois">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Illinois" title="DeKalb County, Illinois">DeKalb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_County,_Illinois" title="DeWitt County, Illinois">DeWitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Illinois" title="Douglas County, Illinois">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois" title="DuPage County, Illinois">DuPage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_County,_Illinois" title="Edgar County, Illinois">Edgar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Illinois" title="Edwards County, Illinois">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effingham_County,_Illinois" title="Effingham County, Illinois">Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Illinois" title="Fayette County, Illinois">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Illinois" title="Ford County, Illinois">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Illinois" title="Franklin County, Illinois">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Illinois" title="Fulton County, Illinois">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallatin_County,_Illinois" title="Gallatin County, Illinois">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Illinois" title="Greene County, Illinois">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grundy_County,_Illinois" title="Grundy County, Illinois">Grundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Illinois" title="Hamilton County, Illinois">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Illinois" title="Hancock County, Illinois">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Illinois" title="Hardin County, Illinois">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Illinois" title="Henderson County, Illinois">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Illinois" title="Henry County, Illinois">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iroquois_County,_Illinois" title="Iroquois County, Illinois">Iroquois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Illinois" title="Jackson County, Illinois">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_County,_Illinois" title="Jasper County, Illinois">Jasper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Illinois" title="Jefferson County, Illinois">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_County,_Illinois" title="Jersey County, Illinois">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Daviess_County,_Illinois" title="Jo Daviess County, Illinois">Jo Daviess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Illinois" title="Johnson County, Illinois">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_County,_Illinois" title="Kane County, Illinois">Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankakee_County,_Illinois" title="Kankakee County, Illinois">Kankakee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Illinois" title="Kendall County, Illinois">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Illinois" title="Knox County, Illinois">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Illinois" title="Lake County, Illinois">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="LaSalle County, Illinois">LaSalle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Illinois" title="Lawrence County, Illinois">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Illinois" title="Lee County, Illinois">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Illinois" title="Livingston County, Illinois">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Illinois" title="Logan County, Illinois">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Illinois" title="Macon County, Illinois">Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macoupin_County,_Illinois" title="Macoupin County, Illinois">Macoupin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Illinois" title="Madison County, Illinois">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Illinois" title="Marion County, Illinois">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Illinois" title="Marshall County, Illinois">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Illinois" title="Mason County, Illinois">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massac_County,_Illinois" title="Massac County, Illinois">Massac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonough_County,_Illinois" title="McDonough County, Illinois">McDonough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McHenry_County,_Illinois" title="McHenry County, Illinois">McHenry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Illinois" title="McLean County, Illinois">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Illinois" title="Menard County, Illinois">Menard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_Illinois" title="Mercer County, Illinois">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Illinois" title="Monroe County, Illinois">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Illinois" title="Montgomery County, Illinois">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Illinois" title="Morgan County, Illinois">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moultrie_County,_Illinois" title="Moultrie County, Illinois">Moultrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogle_County,_Illinois" title="Ogle County, Illinois">Ogle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois">Peoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Illinois" title="Perry County, Illinois">Perry</a></li> <li><a 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