Illinois Counties Page

History

Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The state filled up from south to north. Railroads and John Deere's invention of the self-scouring steel plow turned Illinois' rich prairie into some of the world's most productive and valuable farmlands, attracting immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois

Maps

https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/stco_outline/cen2k_pgsz/stco_IL.pdf

Modern Day Adjacent States

The Northeastern border of Illinois is Lake Michigan. Its eastern border with Indiana is the Wabash River and a north-south line above Post Vincennes, 87° 31' 30" west longitude. Its northern border with Wisconsin is fixed at 42° 30' north latitude. Its western border with Missouri and Iowa is the Mississippi River. Its southern border is with Kentucky and runs along the northern shoreline of the Ohio River. Illinois also borders Michigan, but only via a water boundary in Lake Michigan.

County Information

See Wikipedia for modern day county information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Illinois_counties

Gleanings From

• Champaign Co., IL
  • US Federal Census - Champaign Co., IL
    • 1910 Census - Champaign Co., IL
    • 1920 Census - Champaign Co., IL
    • 1930 Census - Champaign Co., IL
• Cook Co., IL
  • Marriages - Cook Co., IL
    • 18931025 Marriage - Reeves to Morgan
  • Newspaper - The Chicago Tribune
    • 19120303 Obit - Owen T. Reeves
  • US Federal Census - Cook Co., IL
    • 1900 Census - Cook Co., IL
    • 1910 Census - Cook Co., IL
    • 1920 Census - Cook Co., IL
    • 1930 Census - Cook Co., IL
• Marion Co., IL
  • US Federal Census - Marion Co., IL
    • 1840 Census - Marion Co., IL