{"id":22834,"date":"2020-01-28T19:43:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T00:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=22834"},"modified":"2024-05-31T19:10:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T00:10:39","slug":"illinois-counties-visited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/illinois-counties-visited\/","title":{"rendered":"Counties in Illinois that I have Visited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There are 102 Counties in Illinois &#8211; &#8220;<em>The Land of Lincoln<\/em>&#8220;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Also be sure to see my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">United States County Counting Page<\/a> for the rest of the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/counties\/illinois.png\" alt=\"Illinois Counties Visited\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I have visited <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">58 Counties<\/span> = 56.9% of Counties in Illinois<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.&nbsp; Map created using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mob-rule.com\/home\">Mob Rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"articles\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Illinois<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=14nC1kcNCKug7UjRLB0AfVayR8Gwgl1qI\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Markers designate the Illinois locations featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twelvemilecircle.com\">Twelve Mile Circle<\/a> articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Counties in Illinois<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/48540487872\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48540487872_cb8e683ba1_o.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chicago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the 102 counties in Illinois. Although infrequent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">counties sometimes do change<\/a> so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Red<\/b><\/span>. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn&#8217;t working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Alexander<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=18004\">Future City<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14903\">Ohio\/Mississippi River Confluence<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Bond<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Boone<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Bureau<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17703\">Captain Swift Covered Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17703\">Red Covered Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calhoun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Carroll<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Champaign<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Clark<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Clinton<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Cook<\/b><\/span>: Largest county population in Illinois (5,376,741 people in 2000 Census); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17937\">Chicago Fire Academy<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/goose-island.html\">Goose Island Beer Company<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/millrose.html\">Millrose Brewing Co.<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/ogradys.html\">O&#8217;Grady&#8217;s Brewery &amp; Pub<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/piece_brewery.html\">Piece Brewery &amp; Pizzeria<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/rock-bottom.html\">Rock Bottom Brewery<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=562\">They Reversed the Chicago River<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6827\">Hinsdale Oasis<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6827\">Old Post Office Building<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13115\">Rapid Transit in 1844<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6827\">O&#8217;Hare Oasis<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15427\">Woonerf<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4025\">Skokie Eruv<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14120\">Move Along, Nothing to See<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13231\">Quad County Towns<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16536\">California Tangential<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17174\">Broadway &amp; Sheridan<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17167\">Connecting Through Midway<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17174\">Midway Plaisance<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17174\">Orchard Place Elementary<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17174\">Wacker Drive<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crawford<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Cumberland<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>De Kalb<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14283\">The Resurrectionists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>De Witt<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Douglas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Du Page<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/founders-hill.html\">Founders Hill Brewing Company<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/glen-ellyn.html\">Glen Ellyn Brewing Co.<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/taylor.html\">Taylor Brewing Company<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15453\">81 on 81<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15427\">Woonerf<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6715\">Cut the Corner<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edgar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edwards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Effingham<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13327\">Shortline<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Fayette<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Ford<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Franklin<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fulton: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14005\">Plank Roads<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14825\">Beer Cemetery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gallatin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greene<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Grundy<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hamilton<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hancock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hardin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henderson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Henry<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Iroquois<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jackson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jasper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jefferson<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12766\">The Other Mount Vernon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jersey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jo Daviess<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=99\">The Point of Beginning<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Johnson<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Kane<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/americas-brewing.html\">America&#8217;s Brewing Company<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14283\">The Resurrectionists<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10595\">Condensed Texas<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13231\">Quad County Towns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Kankakee<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Kendall<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Knox<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>La Salle<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17704\">French Canyon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lake<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13231\">Quad County Towns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lawrence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lee<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Livingston<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Logan<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Macon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Macoupin<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Madison<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14028\">I Call Bull Shark<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Marshall<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mason<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Massac<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11525\">Super City<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McDonough<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>McHenry<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13231\">Quad County Towns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>McLean<\/b><\/span>: Largest county in Illinois (1,184 square miles).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Menard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mercer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Monroe<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Montgomery<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morgan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moultrie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Ogle<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Peoria<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31680\">Grandview Drive<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31680\">Peoria Zoo<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Piatt<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pike: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4134\">Adjacent Counties, Same Name, Different States<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pope: Smallest county population in Illinois (4,413 people in 2000 Census).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pulaski<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Putnam<\/b><\/span>: Smallest county in Illinois (160 square miles); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6808\">Highway to Nowhere<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Randolph: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16991\">Last Place in the U.S.<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=240\">The Forgotten River Capital (Kaskaskia)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Richland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Rock Island<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Sangamon<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31680\">Sugar Creek Covered Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schuyler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scott<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shelby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>St. Clair<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stark<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stephenson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Tazewell<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31680\">Fondulac Park West<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Union<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Vermilion<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4134\">Adjacent Counties, Same Name, Different States<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wabash<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Warren<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Washington<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Wayne<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>White<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Whiteside<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17705\">De Immigrant Windmill<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17704\">Mississippi Vista<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Will<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14005\">Plank Roads<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15176\">Lockport<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=562\">They Reversed the Chicago River<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2866\">Revisiting the Chicago River<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14711\">Gary Coleman on the Grassy Knoll<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Williamson<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Winnebago<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Woodford<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Facts About Illinois<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Location:<\/b> East North Central United States. See map above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Size<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-1\">1<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b> 55,519 square miles. Illinois is the 24th largest state. The next larger state is Iowa and the next smaller state is Wisconsin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-2\">2<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b> 12,699,000 people. Illinois is the 6th most populous state. The next more populous state is Pennsylvania and the next less populous state is Ohio.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population Density:<\/b> 228.7 people per square mile. Illinois is the 12th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is California and the next less densely populated state is Hawaii.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Bordering States:<\/b> Illinois shares a border with 5 states: Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Admission to the Union:<\/b> December 3, 1818. Illinois was the 21st state admitted to the Union, after Mississippi and before Alabama.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Capital:<\/b> Springfield.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Highest Point:<\/b> 1,235 feet at Charles Mound. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/charles-mound\/152963\">SummitPost&#8217;s Charles Mound page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Lowest Point:<\/b> 279 feet at the Mississippi River in Alexander County.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Government website:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.illinois.gov\/\">Illinois.gov &#8211; The Official Website for the State of Illinois<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Official Tourism website:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enjoyillinois.com\/\">Enjoy Illinois<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Still not enough?<\/b> See <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Illinois\">Wikipedia&#8217;s Illinois page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"Footnote-1\"><\/a>(1) Wikipedia: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;List of U.S. states and territories by area&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1055233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Linux Libertine\\&quot;, Georgia, Times, serif&quot;,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=HYPERLINK(&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area&quot;,&quot;List of U.S. states and territories by area&quot;)\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">List of U.S. states and territories by area<\/a><\/span>. Land area only.<br><a name=\"Footnote-2\"><\/a>(2) Wikipedia: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;List of states and territories of the United States by population&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1055233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Linux Libertine\\&quot;, Georgia, Times, serif&quot;,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=HYPERLINK(&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population&quot;,&quot;List of states and territories of the United States by population&quot;)\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">List of states and territories of the United States by population<\/a><\/span>. 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