A Gazetteer of IllinoisGazetteers are wonderful, compact encyclopedias that provide detailed information about a specific place at a specific time. For family history researchers, gazetteers can hold the key to an ancestral mystery in their wealth of material relating to dates, |
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THE State of Illinois is situated between 37 and | 42 |
minutes north latitude and between 10 | 57 |
milesits average width 150 miles The area | 220 |
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Alton banks bluffs Bond county borders bottom bounded north branch canal Clair county Coles county contains corner coun County was formed Creek rises Crooked creek eight miles Embarras enters the Illinois families feet fifteen five miles four miles Fox river Greene county Grove Henry county Illinois river Indian Jacksonville Jo Daviess county judicial circuit Kaskaskia river La Salle county lake land legislature Little Wabash Macoupin miles east miles long miles north miles northeast miles south miles west miles wide mill Mississippi Morgan county mouth navigable northwest Ogle county Ohio Peoria Pike county population portion post office principal meridian rich road Rock river Sangamon county Sangamon river seat of justice six miles small stream soil southeast southwest southwestern Spoon river Springfield square miles Sugar creek third principal meridian three miles timber and prairie town township tract twelve miles undulating Vandalia Vermilion Wabash river western