Clark
County Fact Sheet
Addresses for County
Courthouse and IRAD:
Clark County Courthouse
501 Archer Avenue
Marshall, IL 62441 |
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County Clerk
Circuit Clerk
Recorder
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(217) 826-8311
(217) 826-2811
(217) 826-8311
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IRAD Depository
Booth Library
600 Lincoln Avenue
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
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- Telephone:
(217) 581-6093
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Established: |
March 23, 1819 (Laws, 1819, p. 166) |
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Origin of the name
of the county: |
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Named for George Rogers Clark, a soldier
of the Revolution, who, as a Colonel of the Virginia militia,
established Colonial control in the Illinois country, by the capture
of Kaskaskia and Fort Vincennes. |
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Present area, or
parts of it, formerly included in: |
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1816–1819 |
Crawford |
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1815–1816 |
Edwards |
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1812–1815 |
Madison |
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1809–1812 |
St. Clair |
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1809–1812 |
Randolph |
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1790–1809 |
Knox, Northwest Territory |
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County Seats: |
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1818–1823 |
Aurora |
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1823–1838 |
Darwin—Name changed from McClure’s Bluff (no date). |
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1838– |
Marshall |
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History of county
governing board: |
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1819–1849 |
County Commissioners’ Court |
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1849–1855 |
County Court |
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1855– |
County Board of Supervisors |
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Documented Record
Losses |
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December 30, 1902—Fire |
Some records lost or damaged. |
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Township
Government |
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Adopted: |
November 7, 1854 |
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Township Names: |
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Anderson |
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Auburn |
Formed from Dolson, Martinsville, Marshall and Anderson (no
date). |
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Casey |
Name changed from Cumberland on September (12?)22, 1876. |
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Darwin |
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Dolson |
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Douglas |
Formed from Marshall (no date). |
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Johnson |
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Marshall |
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Martinsville |
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Melrose |
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Orange |
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Parker |
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Wabash |
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Westfield |
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York |
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