Morgan County, Illinois

Latitude

39.7156

Longitude

-90.2015

Entity Type

Place

County in west central Illinois. Seat at Jacksonville, Illinois. Established January 31, 1823. Population of 22,112 (21,937 white residents and 175 free African American residents) in 1860.

"Morgan County," Office of the Illinois Secretary of State, accessed April 7, 2023, https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/IRAD/morgan.html.
"Morgan County, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed April 7, 2023, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/.
"Classified Population of the States and Territories, by Counties, on the First Day of June, 1860: State of Illinois," Population of the United States in 1860; Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eight Census, Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864), 80-3.

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