Marshall
County Fact Sheet
Addresses for County
Courthouse and IRAD:
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Marshall County Courthouse
122 N. Prairie
Lacon, IL 61540
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County Clerk
Circuit Clerk
Recorder
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(309) 246-6325
(309) 246-6435
(309) 246-6325
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Illinois Regional Archives Depository
Illinois State University
2016 Warehouse Road
Campus Box 1520
Normal, IL 61790-1520
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- Telephone:
(309) 452-6027
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| Established: |
January 19, 1839 (Laws, 1839, p. 43) |
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| Origin
of the name of the county: |
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Named for John Marshall, a soldier of
the Revolution, statesman, author and jurist, Ambassador to France,
Representative in Congress from Virginia, Secretary of State and
Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. |
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| Present
area, or parts of it, formerly included in: |
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1825–1839 |
Putnam |
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1827–1827 |
Peoria |
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1823–1825 |
Fulton |
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1821–1823 |
Sangamon |
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1817–1821 |
Bond |
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1812–1821 |
Madison |
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1801–1812 |
St. Clair |
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1795–1801 |
Knox, Northwest Territory |
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| County
Seat: |
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1839– |
Lacon |
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| History
of county governing board: |
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1839–1850 |
County Commissioners’ Court |
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1850– |
County Board of Supervisors |
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Township
Government |
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Adopted: |
November 6, 1849 |
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| Township
Names: |
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Bell Plain |
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Bennington |
Formed from Bell Plain (date unknown, before 1860). |
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Evans |
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Henry |
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Hopewell |
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Lacon |
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La Prairie |
Name changed from Fairfield in December, 1850. |
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Richland |
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Roberts |
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Saratoga |
Formed from Whitefield (date unknown, before 1860). |
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Steuben |
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Whitefield |
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