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Illinois' 16th congressional district; State House District 71; State Senate District 36; References "Fairhaven Township, Carroll County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior; United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Greene County is named in honor of General Nathanael Greene, a hero of the American Revolutionary War. [3] In 1821, three years after Illinois became a state, Greene County was established, being carved out of what was previously Madison county and St. Clair county before that.
Adams County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census , the population was 65,737. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Quincy . [ 2 ]
Mount Vernon is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. [4] The population was 14,600 at the 2020 census.Mount Vernon is the principal city of the Mount Vernon Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Jefferson and Hamilton counties.
Jo Daviess County (/ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ s /) is the northwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census , it had a population of 22,035. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Galena . [ 2 ]
Aurora is the largest city in Illinois that is not the county seat of any county that it resides in. Founded within Kane County, Aurora's city limits have expanded into DuPage, Kendall, and Will counties. Once a mid-sized manufacturing city, Aurora has grown since the 1960s into a large city within the Chicago metropolitan area. In 1908, Aurora ...
In the 1990s, Elgin became one of the few cities in northern Illinois to host a riverboat casino. The Grand Victoria Casino initially generated controversy, but went on to be a significant source of income for the city. Drawing nearly four million people annually, as of March 2005 it was the fifth most popular tourist attraction in Illinois.
Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census , the population was 15,702. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Mount Carroll .