Randolph County, IL

RANDOLPH COUNTY, situated on the southwesterly boundary of Illinois, with Mississippi river on the southwest, and traversed by the Kaskaskia. Area, 540 square miles. Seat of justice, Kaskaskia. Pop. in 1810, 7,275; in 1820, 3,492; in 1830, 4,436; in 1840, 7,944; in 1850, 11,079. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Randolph County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
RANDOLPH COUNTY, situated on the southwesterly boundary of Illinois, with Mississippi river on the southwest, and traversed by the Kaskaskia.  Area, 540 square miles.  Seat of justice, Kaskaskia.  Pop. in 1810, 7,275; in 1820, 3,492; in 1830, 4,436; in 1840, 7,944; in 1850, 11,079.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 305.
Name Type
Chester, IL City or Town
Date Title
Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, July 19, 1858
Gustave Philipp Koerner to Abraham Lincoln, August 12, 1858
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