Monroe County, IL

Headnote
MONROE COUNTY, situated on the southwest boundary of Illinois, with the Mississippi river on the west, and the Kaskaskia river on the east. Area, 360 square miles. Seat of justice, Waterloo. Pop. in 1830, 2,000; in 1840, 4,481; in 1850, 7,679. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Monroe County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
MONROE COUNTY, situated on the southwest boundary of Illinois, with the Mississippi river on the west, and the Kaskaskia river on the east.  Area, 360 square miles. Seat of justice, Waterloo.  Pop. in 1830, 2,000; in 1840, 4,481; in 1850, 7,679.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 231.
Name Type
Prairie du Long, IL City or Town
Waterloo, IL City or Town
Date Title
Gustave Philipp Koerner to Abraham Lincoln, August 12, 1858
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