St. Clair County, IL

Headnote
SAINT CLAIR COUNTY, situated on the southwesterly boundary of Illinois, with Mississippi river on the west, and traversed by the Kaskaskia. Area, 649 square miles. Face of the country, even; soil, generally fertile. Seat of justice, Bellville. Pop. in 1820, 5,253; in 1830, 7,078; in 1840, 13,631; in 1850, 20,181. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

St. Clair County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
SAINT CLAIR COUNTY, situated on the southwesterly boundary of Illinois, with Mississippi river on the west, and traversed by the Kaskaskia.  Area, 649 square miles.  Face of the country, even; soil, generally fertile.  Seat of justice, Bellville.  Pop. in 1820, 5,253; in 1830, 7,078; in 1840, 13,631; in 1850, 20,181.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetterr of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 318.
Name Type
Belleville, IL City or Town
Date Title
Gustave Philipp Koerner to Abraham Lincoln, July 17, 1858
Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, July 19, 1858
Gustave Philipp Koerner to Abraham Lincoln, August 12, 1858
Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Alton Debate, October 15, 1858
Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Senator Douglas Reelected, January 5, 1859
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