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Illinois also has two counties named after the same person, New York governor DeWitt Clinton (DeWitt County, and Clinton County). Information on the FIPS county code , county seat , year of establishment, origin, etymology , population, area and map of each county is included in the table below.
Mount Vernon is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. [4] The population was 14,600 at the 2020 census.Mount Vernon is the principal city of the Mount Vernon Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Jefferson and Hamilton counties.
The Illinois Department of Corrections Menard Correctional Center is located in the Menard area and in Chester. [3] [4] Prior to the January 11, 2003 commutation of death row sentences, male death row inmates were housed in Menard, Tamms, and Pontiac correctional centers. After that date, only Pontiac continued to host the male death row. [5]
The ringtail is commonly found in rocky desert habitats, where it nests in the hollows of trees or abandoned wooden structures. It has been found throughout the Great Basin Desert , which stretches over several states (Nevada, Utah, California, Idaho, and Oregon) as well as the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, and the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico ...
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 883 square miles (2,290 km 2), of which 866 square miles (2,240 km 2) is land and 17 square miles (44 km 2) (1.9%) is water. [5] Fulton County is the site of Dickson Mounds Museum, a state museum of Native American daily life in the Illinois River valley.
Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,488. [1] Its county seat is Vandalia, [2] the site of the Vandalia State House State Historic Site. Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area is located in the northwestern part of this county.
In 1853, Schyler County adopted the township form of county government. [3] Since November 22, 2013, Schuyler County is located in Regional Office of Education #26 alongside Hancock, Fulton, and McDonough counties. [16] The county is located in Illinois's 15th Congressional District and is currently represented by Republican Mary Miller.
Putnam County is the least extensive county in the U.S. state of Illinois.According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 5,637. [1] The county seat is Hennepin. [2] The county was formed in 1825 out of Fulton County and named after Israel Putnam, [3] who was a general in the American Revolution.