- Name
- Randolph
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- Alternate names
- Randolph (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Coordinates
- 38.067°N 89.85°W
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- Located in
- Illinois, United States (1795 - )
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- See also
- Alexander, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Clark, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Crawford, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Edwards, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Franklin, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Gallatin, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Jackson, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Jefferson, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Johnson, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Monroe, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Perry, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Pope, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Union, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Washington, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Wayne, Illinois, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- White, 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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- Inhabited place
- Baldwin
- Blair
- Bremen
- Chester
- Collins
- Coulterville
- Dozaville
- Eden
- Ellis Grove
- Evansville
- Fort Gage
- Grigg
- Houston
- Kaskaskia ( 1703 - )
- Marigold
- Modoc
- Mudds Landing
- New Palestine
- Old Kaskaskia
- Percy
- Prairie du Rocher
- Prairie
- Preston
- Red Bud
- Reily Lake
- Rockwood
- Roots
- Ruma
- Schuline
- Sparta
- Steeleville
- Tilden
- Walsh
- Welge
- Wine Hill
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- Township
- Red Bud (township)
- Ruma (township)
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- Unknown
- Fort Chartres
- Shiloh Hill
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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
Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population was 33,893. Its county seat is Chester.
Owing to its role in the state's history, the county motto is "Where Illinois Began."
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Randolph County was organized in 1795 out of a part of St. Clair County. It was named in honor of Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia. The Northwest Territory was captured from the British near the end of the Revolutionary War by the army of Virginia. Illinois then became, for a brief time, Illinois County, Virginia. Edmund Randolph was Governor of Virginia at the time Virginia ceded the Northwest Territory to the United States. The county's boundaries were last changed in 1827, when land was taken to form Perry County.
The Mississippi River has played a prominent role in the county's history, altering its boundaries in 1881 when it severed the isthmus that connected Kaskaskia to the Illinois mainland, destroying the original village of Kaskaskia and forcing its historic cemetery to be relocated across the river to Fort Kaskaskia. Crains Island[1], southeast of Chester, is another enclave of Illinois west of the Mississippi that was created by a change in the river's course.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1722 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1722 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1724 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1724 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1795 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1810 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1830 | 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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| 1800 | 1,103
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| 1810 | 7,275
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| 1820 | 3,492
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| 1830 | 4,429
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| 1840 | 7,944
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| 1850 | 11,079
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| 1860 | 17,205
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| 1870 | 20,859
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| 1880 | 25,690
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| 1890 | 25,049
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| 1900 | 28,001
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| 1910 | 29,120
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| 1920 | 29,109
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| 1930 | 29,313
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| 1940 | 33,608
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| 1950 | 31,673
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| 1960 | 29,988
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| 1970 | 31,379
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| 1980 | 35,652
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| 1990 | 34,583
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Note: Total for 1800 comprises the populations reported for Randolph and St. Clair Counties, Indiana Territory, plus the population (100) of Opee (Peoria), included with St. Clair County. Total for 1890 includes 1 Indian in prison, not reported by county.
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