TabsRecord DataPlace Unit Type: City or TownContaining Unit: Union County, IL Note Cards Union County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853) Gazetteer/AlmanacUNION COUNTY, situated on the southwesterly boundary of Illinois, with Mississippi river on the southwest. Area, 380 square miles. Seat of justice, Jonesborough. Pop. in 1820, 2,362; in 1830, 3,239; in 1840, 5,524; in 185O, 7,615.Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 362. Events Major Topics Lincoln-Douglas Debates People Places Name Type Union County Fairgrounds, Jonesboro, IL Location or Site Documents Subject Date Title 06/16/1858 Recollection by Henry Villard, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, June 16-November 2, 1858 07/30/1858 Stephen Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1858 08/27/1858 Recollection by Henry Villard, Freeport Debate, August 27,1858 09/15/1858 Recollection by Henry Clay Whitney, Jonesboro Debate, September 15, 1858 09/15/1858 Recollection by Horace White, Jonesboro Debate, September 15, 1858 09/15/1858 Recollection by Usher F. Linder, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858 09/16/1858 Abraham Lincoln to Elihu B. Washburne, September 16, 1858 09/16/1858 Abraham Lincoln to Martin P. Sweet, September 16, 1858 09/17/1858 Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Jonesboro Debate," September 17, 1858 09/17/1858 Chicago (IL) Times, "The Campaign.--Douglas at Jonesboro," September 17, 1858 09/18/1858 New York Evening Post, "Senatorial Canvas in Illinois," September 18, 1858 09/20/1858 Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Douglas Puffers and Valets," September 20, 1858 09/21/1858 Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Charleston Debate," September 21, 1858 09/22/1858 Lowell (MA) Journal and Courier, "The Senatorial Canvass in Illinois," September 22, 1858 09/23/1858 Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Who Furnishes the Audiences?," September 23, 1858 10/12/1858 (Springfield) Illinois State Register, "The Galesburg Debate," October 12, 1858 Bibliography
Union County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853) Gazetteer/AlmanacUNION COUNTY, situated on the southwesterly boundary of Illinois, with Mississippi river on the southwest. Area, 380 square miles. Seat of justice, Jonesborough. Pop. in 1820, 2,362; in 1830, 3,239; in 1840, 5,524; in 185O, 7,615.Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 362.
