BlockIllinois
The archive covers 102 counties in Illinois so far. Everything below is a work of the United States government or a book published before 1929, and every page links to the record it came from.
What the archive holds in Illinois
| Records | Count | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Settlements | 4,975 | Every populated place the Geographic Names Information System records, each with the survey sheets that cover it. |
| Topographic sheets | 3,893 | Distinct United States Geological Survey sheets covering those settlements. |
| Township histories | 730 | Complete chapters from the county histories, reproduced unedited. |
| Listed properties | 1,961 | On the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Words of narrative | 10,504,630 | Public-domain county history, published complete. |
Counties
102 of 102All 102 counties in Illinois. Every county below has published records and opens its own page.
| Map | County | Settlements | Listed | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 56 | 26 | 1,162,005 words | |
| Alexander County | 28 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Bond County | 25 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Boone County | 18 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Brown County | 16 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Bureau County | 48 | 19 | 25,292 words | |
| Calhoun County | 24 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Carroll County | 30 | 6 | 136,094 words | |
| Cass County | 21 | 2 | 12,105 words | |
| Champaign County | 58 | 61 | 6,168 words | |
| Christian County | 38 | 5 | 119,797 words | |
| Clark County | 38 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Clay County | 19 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Clinton County | 32 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Coles County | 29 | 24 | 145,877 words | |
| Cook County | 621 | 621 | 1,221,520 words | |
| Crawford County | 28 | 5 | 6,539 words | |
| Cumberland County | 19 | 3 | not yet read | |
| DeKalb County | 26 | 19 | 164,751 words | |
| De Witt County | 22 | 2 | 46,479 words | |
| Douglas County | 30 | 3 | 25,345 words | |
| DuPage County | 70 | 50 | 14,749 words | |
| Edgar County | 49 | 9 | 131,630 words | |
| Edwards County | 15 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Effingham County | 30 | 3 | 44,476 words | |
| Fayette County | 34 | 4 | 36,512 words | |
| Ford County | 17 | 5 | 70,616 words | |
| Franklin County | 47 | 3 | 6,220 words | |
| Fulton County | 61 | 38 | 283,261 words | |
| Gallatin County | 16 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Greene County | 36 | 12 | 238,008 words | |
| Grundy County | 40 | 7 | 134,545 words | |
| Hamilton County | 31 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Hancock County | 41 | 9 | 226,817 words | |
| Hardin County | 19 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Henderson County | 24 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Henry County | 39 | 16 | 178,509 words | |
| Iroquois County | 49 | 7 | 89,712 words | |
| Jackson County | 44 | 19 | not yet read | |
| Jasper County | 22 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Jefferson County | 40 | 2 | 73,550 words | |
| Jersey County | 25 | 19 | 2,092 words | |
| Jo Daviess County | 42 | 17 | 299,795 words | |
| Johnson County | 37 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Kane County | 145 | 86 | 66,851 words | |
| Kankakee County | 61 | 14 | not yet read | |
| Kendall County | 55 | 10 | 859 words | |
| Knox County | 35 | 7 | 189,489 words | |
| Lake County | 212 | 98 | 49,044 words | |
| LaSalle County | 72 | 29 | 55,993 words | |
| Lawrence County | 22 | 2 | 97,126 words | |
| Lee County | 37 | 10 | 386,911 words | |
| Livingston County | 56 | 15 | 43,315 words | |
| Logan County | 29 | 12 | 147,387 words | |
| McDonough County | 28 | 8 | not yet read | |
| McHenry County | 71 | 13 | 225,552 words | |
| McLean County | 65 | 35 | 346,849 words | |
| Macon County | 33 | 11 | 814,885 words | |
| Macoupin County | 51 | 8 | 33,349 words | |
| Madison County | 100 | 40 | 67,079 words | |
| Marion County | 26 | 9 | 9,962 words | |
| Marshall County | 17 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Mason County | 34 | 2 | 18,033 words | |
| Massac County | 16 | 2 | 4,381 words | |
| Menard County | 21 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Mercer County | 34 | 12 | 400,447 words | |
| Monroe County | 32 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Montgomery County | 32 | 13 | 33,814 words | |
| Morgan County | 37 | 11 | not yet read | |
| Moultrie County | 18 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Ogle County | 58 | 29 | 176,020 words | |
| Peoria County | 54 | 35 | 166,026 words | |
| Perry County | 20 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Piatt County | 24 | 6 | 29,676 words | |
| Pike County | 49 | 11 | 22,677 words | |
| Pope County | 36 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Pulaski County | 16 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Putnam County | 13 | 3 | 4,030 words | |
| Randolph County | 43 | 12 | not yet read | |
| Richland County | 21 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Rock Island County | 32 | 29 | 67,049 words | |
| St. Clair County | 88 | 27 | 88,963 words | |
| Saline County | 39 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Sangamon County | 92 | 68 | 213,062 words | |
| Schuyler County | 20 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Scott County | 13 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Shelby County | 38 | 6 | 54,880 words | |
| Stark County | 16 | 2 | 232,869 words | |
| Stephenson County | 40 | 16 | 352,313 words | |
| Tazewell County | 61 | 16 | 137,767 words | |
| Union County | 31 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Vermilion County | 87 | 13 | 331,308 words | |
| Wabash County | 20 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Warren County | 28 | 11 | 43,782 words | |
| Washington County | 32 | 3 | 32,216 words | |
| Wayne County | 33 | 2 | not yet read | |
| White County | 30 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Whiteside County | 47 | 11 | 324,835 words | |
| Will County | 341 | 38 | 33,629 words | |
| Williamson County | 67 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Winnebago County | 88 | 43 | 294,680 words | |
| Woodford County | 25 | 8 | 5,058 words |
Settlements in Illinois
4,975 settlementsNamed places, each with its own page of maps and records. They are listed on the page for the county that holds them, because that is where the rest of a town's record lives too. A place with no page is a place the archive has not reached yet, not a place that does not exist.
Every county in Illinois, each listing its own settlements.
Provenance
- Boundaries. Census Bureau TIGERweb. A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Place names. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey.
- Counts. Computed from the records this site publishes, not quoted from anywhere. They change when the archive grows.