- Name
- Putnam
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- Alternate names
- Putnam (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Coordinates
- 41.2°N 89.283°W
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- Located in
- Illinois, United States (1825 - )
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- See also
- Bond, Illinois, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Boone, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Bureau, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Clark, Illinois, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Cook, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- DeKalb, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- DuPage, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Kane, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- La Salle, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Lake, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Lee, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Madison, Illinois, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Marshall, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- McHenry, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Ogle, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Peoria, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Stark, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Will, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Winnebago, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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| Contained Places
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Larger map
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- Inhabited place
- Florid
- Granville
- Hennepin
- Magnolia
- Mark
- McNabb
- Putnam
- Standard
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- Unknown
- Mount Palatine
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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
Putnam County is the smallest county of the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population is 6,086. The County was formed in 1825 out of Fulton County. The name is in honor of Hilary Putnam, who was a western philosopher who began his work near the mouth of the Hennepin Canal. Its county seat is Hennepin, Illinois.
Putnam County is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1825 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1831 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1831 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1831 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1831 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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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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| 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
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| 1830 | 1,310
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| 1840 | 2,131
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| 1850 | 3,924
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| 1860 | 5,587
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| 1870 | 6,280
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| 1880 | 5,554
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| 1890 | 4,730
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| 1900 | 4,746
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| 1910 | 7,561
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| 1920 | 7,579
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| 1930 | 5,235
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| 1940 | 5,289
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| 1950 | 4,746
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| 1960 | 4,570
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| 1970 | 5,007
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| 1980 | 6,085
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| 1990 | 5,730
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~ilputnam
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