Madison County, IL

MADISON COUNTY, situated on the westerly boundary of Illinois, on the Mississippi river. Area, 760 square miles. Face of the country level; soil fertile. Seat of justice, Edwardsville. Pop. in 1830, 6,229; in 1840, 14,433; In 1850, 20,436. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Madison County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
MADISON COUNTY, situated on the westerly boundary of Illinois, on the Mississippi river. Area, 760 square miles. Face of the country level; soil fertile. Seat of justice, Edwardsville. Pop. in 1830, 6,229; in 1840, 14,433; In 1850, 20,436.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 201.
Name Type
Alton, IL City or Town
Collinsville, IL City or Town
Edwardsville, IL City or Town
Highland, IL City or Town
Troy, IL City or Town
Date Title
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
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Alton Debate," October 18, 1858
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