Sangamon County, IL

Headnote

SANGAMON or SANGAMO COUNTY, situated in the central part of Illinois, and traversed by Sangamon river. Area, 900 square miles. Face of the country, even; soil, rich. Seat of Justice, Springfield, which is also the state capital. Pop. in 1830, 12,960; in 1840, 14,716; in 1850, 19,228. (Fanning's, 1853)

Record Data

Place Unit Type

County

Containing Unit

Illinois

Name	Type
Fancy Creek Township, IL	City or Town
Mechanicsburg, IL	City or Town
Pleasant Plains, IL	City or Town
Springfield, IL	City or Town

Date	Title
03/09/1832	Campaign Statement, Abraham Lincoln, New Salem, Illinois, March 9, 1832
08/01/1840	Abraham Lincoln, Plan of Political Campaign, [August] 1840
06/01/1860	Abraham Lincoln, Autobiography, circa June 1860

Sangamon County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Sangamon County, Illinois, 1857