Sangamon County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 331.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....
SANGAMON or SANGAMO COUNTY, situated in the central part of Illinois, and traversed by Sangamon river.  Area, 900 square miles.  Face of the country, even; soil, rich.  Seat of Justice, Springfield, which is also the state capital.  Pop. in 1830, 12,960; in 1840, 14,716; in 1850, 19,228.
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