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There are 102 counties in Illinois. The most populous of these is Cook County, the second-most populous county in the United States and the home of Chicago, while the least populous is Hardin County. The largest by land area is McLean County, while the smallest is Putnam County. Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL.
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New Salem. / 39.97917°N 89.84361°W / 39.97917; -89.84361. Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site is a reconstruction of the former village of New Salem in Menard County, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1837. [ 1] While in his twenties, the future U.S. President made his living in this village as a boatman, soldier ...
1910–2020 [ 1] The history of Illinois may be defined by several broad historical periods, namely, the pre-Columbian period, the era of European exploration and colonization, its development as part of the American frontier, its early statehood period, growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, and contemporary Illinois of today.
A map of Illinois free and slave counties in 1824 showing shaded counties that were favorable to legalizing slavery in Illinois. Map of the Underground Railroad from 1830 to 1865 including escape routes that went through Illinois. Slavery in what became the U.S. state of Illinois existed for more than a century. Illinois did not become a state ...
The Territory of Illinois was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 1, 1809, [1] until December 3, 1818, when the southern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Illinois. Its capital was the former French village of Kaskaskia on the Mississippi River (which is still a part ...
Website. www.cookcountyil.gov. Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40 percent of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. As of 2020, the population was 5,275,541.
1840 Illinois elections (2 P) This page was last edited on 3 October 2022, at 04:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...