Headnote
TAZEWELL COUNTY, situated in the central part of Illinois, with Illinois river on the northwest. Area, 1,130 square miles, Illinois river on the northwest. Area, 1,130 squared miles. Seat of justice, Tremont. Pop. in 1830, 4,716; in 1840, 7,221; in 1850, 12,052. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Tazewell County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
TAZEWELL COUNTY, situated in the central part of Illinois, with Illinois river on the northwest.  Area, 1,130 square miles, Illinois river on the northwest.  Area, 1,130 squared miles.  Seat of justice, Tremont.  Pop. in 1830, 4,716; in 1840, 7,221; in 1850, 12,052.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetterr of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 351.
Name Type
Pekin, IL City or Town
Washington, IL City or Town
Date Title
David Davis to Ozias Mather Hatch, August 16, 1858
Ozias Mather Hatch to Abraham Lincoln, August 17, 1858
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