Union County Fairgrounds, Jonesboro, IL

Place Unit Type
Location or Site
Containing Unit
Jonesboro, IL

Union County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
UNION COUNTY, situated on the southwesterly boundary of Illinois, with Mississippi river on the southwest. Area, 380 square miles. Seat of justice, Jonesborough. Pop. in 1820, 2,362; in 1830, 3,239; in 1840, 5,524; in 185O, 7,615.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 362.
Date Type
Lincoln and Douglas hold their third debate in Jonesboro, Illinois Campaigns/Elections
Date Title
Abraham Lincoln, Third Debate with Stephen Douglas, Jonesboro, Illinois, September 15, 1858
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