Place:Piatt, Illinois, United States

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Place Information
Name
Piatt
Alternate names
Piatt     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
40.0°N 88.583°W
Located in
Illinois, United States     (1841 - )
See also
DeWitt, Illinois, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Macon, Illinois, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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source: Family History Library Catalog
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Piatt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population is 16,365. Its county seat is Monticello, Illinois.

Piatt County is part of the Champaign–Urbana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

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Piatt County was formed in 1841 from Macon and Dewitt Counties. It was named after James A. Piatt, a local resident instrumental in formation of the county.

Illinois Power Company was a major electric utility in Central Illinois, centered in Decatur, Illinois, to the west of Piatt County. At one time, Illinois had a "personal property tax", an ad valorem tax levied by the counties on property that was not real estate. The personal property tax was a major expense for the electric utilities, since their generators and transmission lines were "personal property". Under Illinois law, a corporation, such as Illinois Power, paid personal property tax to the county in which the corporate headquarters was located. Because Piatt County offered a low tax rate, Illinois Power moved its corporate headquarters to that county. This allowed Piatt County to tax utility assets over half of the State, providing a rich source of revenue which was responsible for much of the wealth of this tiny county.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1840 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1841 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1841 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1841 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1843 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1877 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
1850 1,606
1860 6,127
1870 10,953
1880 15,583
1890 17,062
1900 17,706
1910 16,376
1920 15,714
1930 15,588
1940 14,659
1950 13,970
1960 14,960
1970 15,509
1980 16,581
1990 15,548
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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~ilpiatt/

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