La Salle County, IL

Headnote

LA SALLE COUNTY, situated in the northerly part of Illinois, and traversed by Illinois river. Area, 1,864 square miles. Seat of justice, Ottawa. Pop. in 1840, 9,348; in 1850, 17,815. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

La Salle County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
LA SALLE COUNTY, situated in the northerly part of Illinois, and traversed by Illinois river. Area, 1,864 square miles. Seat of justice, Ottawa. Pop. in 1840, 9,348; in 1850, 17,815.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 184.
Name Type
Earlville, IL City or Town
La Salle, IL City or Town
Marseilles, IL City or Town
Ottawa, IL City or Town
Peru, IL City or Town
Date Title
Ward Hill Lamon to Abraham Lincoln, June 9, 1858
Owen Lovejoy to Abraham Lincoln, August 4, 1858
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