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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.
The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3] The Constitution of 1970 created, for the first time in Illinois, a type of "home rule", which allows localities to govern themselves to a certain extent. [4]
The Illinois side includes Henry County, Mercer County, and Rock Island County. [4] In extreme northwestern Illinois the Driftless Zone, a region of unglaciated and therefore higher and more rugged topography, occupies a small part of the state. Charles Mound, located in this region, is the state's highest elevation above sea level.
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LaSalle County, Illinois, is one of the few counties in the United States to border as many as nine counties. Illinois has two such counties, with Pike County being the other. Many of the residents of LaSalle County live in cities and towns along the Illinois River. It is the main population core, with some exceptions, including Streator to the ...
Collar counties is a colloquialism for DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, the five counties of Illinois that border Cook County, which is home to Chicago. The collar counties are part of the Chicago metropolitan area and comprise many of the area's suburbs .
Leland is in northeastern LaSalle County, 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Sandwich, 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Mendota, and 20 miles north of Ottawa. It is located at 41°36′57″N 88°47′54″W / 41.615964°N 88.798309°W / 41.615964; -88.798309
Leonore is located in southern LaSalle County 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Ottawa, the county seat, and 15 miles southeast of LaSalle. According to the 2010 census, Leonore has a total area of 0.09 square miles (0.23 km 2), all land. [8]