Place:Coles, Illinois, United States

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Place Information
Name
Coles
Alternate names
Coles     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
39.55°N 88.233°W
Located in
Illinois, United States     (1839 - )
See also
Clark, Illinois, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Cumberland, Illinois, United States     (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Douglas, Illinois, United States     (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Edgar, Illinois, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Contained Places

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Ashmore
Barney Ford
Boyd Ford
Bushton
Campbell
Charleston
Cooks Mills
Diona
Dorans
Embarrass
Etna
Fairgrange
Halls Ford
Hanley Ford
Humboldt
Hutton
Jones
Kings
Lerna
Lipsey
Loxa
Magnet
Mattoon
Newby
Oakland
Paradise
Rardin
Trilla
Walker Ford
Township
Hutton (township)
Morgan
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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

Coles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population was 53,196. Its county seat is Charleston, Illinois6.

Coles county was organized in 1831 out of Clark and Edgar Counties It was named after Edward Coles, the second governor of Illinois from 1822 to 1826.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1830 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1830 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1831 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1831 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1839 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1878 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1840 9,616
1850 9,335
1860 14,203
1870 25,235
1880 27,042
1890 30,093
1900 34,146
1910 34,517
1920 35,108
1930 37,315
1940 38,470
1950 40,328
1960 42,860
1970 47,815
1980 52,260
1990 51,644

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~ilcoles/coles.htm


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Coles County, Illinois. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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