Schuyler County, IL

Headnote
SCHULYER COUNTY, situated in the westerly part of Illinois, with Illinois river on the southeast. Area, 360 square miles. Face of the country, flat; soil, generally fertile. Seat of justice, Rushville. Pop. in 1840, 6,972; in 1850, 10,573. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Schuyler County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
SCHULYER COUNTY, situated in the westerly part of Illinois, with Illinois river on the southeast. Area, 360 square miles. Face of the country, flat; soil, generally fertile. Seat of justice, Rushville. Pop. in 1840, 6,972; in 1850, 10,573.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 327.
Name Type
Rushville, IL City or Town
Date Title
Abraham Lincoln to Norman Buel Judd, October 20, 1858
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