Bureau County, IL

Headnote

BUREAU COUNTY, situated toward the north part of Illinois, on the northwesterly side of Illinois river. Area, 648 square miles. Watered by Bureau creek and Winnebago lake. Seat of justice, Princeton. Pop. in 1840, 3,067; in 1850, 8,841. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Bureau County, Illinois (Fanning's 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
BUREAU COUNTY, situated toward the north part of Illinois, on the northwesterly side of Illinois river. Area, 648 square miles. Watered by Bureau creek and Winnebago lake. Seat of justice, Princeton. Pop. in 1840, 3,067; in 1850, 8,841.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 58.
Name Type
Princeton, IL City or Town
Date Title
New York Times, “Seduction, Abortion, and Death in Chicago,” August 8, 1857
Three Antislavery Leaders of Bureau County
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