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This project is for those FROM Illinois and/or their respective Counties.

There are 102 counties in the state of Illinois.

Most counties in Illinois were named after early American leaders, especially of the American Revolutionary War, as well as soldiers from the Battle of Tippecanoe and the War of 1812. Some are named after natural features or counties in other states. Some are named for early Illinois leaders. Two counties are named for Native American tribes, and one bears the name of a plant used as a food source by Native Americans.

• Adams
• Alexander
• Bond
• Boone
• Brown
• Bureau
• Calhoun
• Carroll
• Cass
• Champaign
• Christian
• Clark
• Clay
• Clinton
• Coles
• Cook
• Crawford
• Cumberland
• DeKalb
• De Witt
• Douglas
• DuPage
• Edgar
• Edwards
• Effingham
• Fayette
• Ford
• Franklin
• Fulton
• Gallatin
• Greene
• Grundy
• Hamilton
• Hancock
• Hardin
• Henderson
• Henry
• Iroquois
• Jackson
• Jasper
• Jefferson
• Jersey
• Jo Daviess
• Johnson
• Kane
• Kankakee
• Kendall
• Knox
• Lake
• La Salle
• Lawrence
• Lee
• Livingston
• Logan
• McDonough
• McHenry
• McLean
• Macon
• Macoupin
• Madison
• Marion
• Marshall
• Mason
• Massac
• Menard
• Mercer
• Monroe
• Montgomery
• Morgan
• Moultrie
• Ogle
• Peoria
• Perry
• Piatt
• Pike
• Pope
• Pulaski
• Putnam
• Randolph
• Richland
• Rock Island
• St. Clair
• Saline
• Sangamon
• Schuyler
• Scott
• Shelby
• Stark
• Stephenson
• Tazewell
• Union

Please go to following links for more information:

• Wikipedia - Illinois
• https://www.illinois.gov/Pages/default.aspx
• https://www.geni.com/projects/United-States-with-Counties-Areas-Communities-Project/26886
• Wikipedia - List of counties in Illinois See also
• Wikipedia - List of census-designated places in Illinois
• Wikipedia - List of cities in Illinois
• Wikipedia - List of Illinois townships
• Wikipedia - List of towns and villages in Illinois
• Wikipedia - List of unincorporated communities in Illinois
• Wikipedia - National Register of Historic Places listings in Illinois