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Clinton is the largest city and the county seat in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States.The population was 7,004 at the 2020 census. [2] [3]The city and the county are named for DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York, 1817–1823.
Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. At the 2020 census, the population was 36,899. [1] Its county seat is Carlyle. [2] In 1960, the United States Census Bureau placed the mean center of U.S. population in Clinton County. [3] Clinton County is part of the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
DeWitt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,516. [1] Its county seat is Clinton. [2] The county was formed on March 1, 1839, from Macon and McLean counties. The county was named in honor of the seventh Governor of New York State, DeWitt Clinton. [3]
Moore, an educated man, was the first resident attorney to commence practice in Clinton, having hung out his shingle in 1841. He served as co-counsel with Abraham Lincoln on several cases heard in the DeWitt County circuit court, of which future United States Supreme Court justice David Davis was the presiding judge. [2]
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Centralia is a city in Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Illinois with the largest portion in Marion County. The city is the largest in three counties, Clinton, Marion, and Washington, but it is not a county seat for any of them. The population was 12,182 as of the 2020 census, down from 13,032 in 2010. [4]
Clement Township is one of fifteen townships in Clinton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 481 and it contained 203 housing units. [1] Clement Township was formed from Carlyle Township.
The history of Illinois may be defined by several broad historical periods, namely, the pre-Columbian period, the era of European exploration and colonization, its development as part of the American frontier, its early statehood period, growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, and contemporary Illinois of today.