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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Bureau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the population was 35,503. Its county seat is Princeton, Illinois.
Bureau County is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Bureau County was organized out of Putnam County in 1837. It is named for Pierre de Beuro, a "half-breed" (French and Native American?), who, around 1818, established a trading post near where Bureau Creek empties into the Illinois River.
Like so many other areas in the Midwest, this county was on a "line" of the Underground Railroad. There was a "station" at the home of Owen Lovejoy in Princeton.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1817 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1840 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1878 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1840 | 3,067
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| 1850 | 8,841
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| 1860 | 26,426
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| 1870 | 32,415
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| 1880 | 33,172
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| 1890 | 35,014
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| 1900 | 41,112
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| 1910 | 43,975
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| 1920 | 42,648
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| 1930 | 38,845
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| 1940 | 37,600
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| 1950 | 37,711
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| 1960 | 37,594
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| 1970 | 38,541
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| 1980 | 39,114
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| 1990 | 35,688
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~ilbureau/
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