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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. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 53,873, which is an increase of 1.3% from 53,196 in 2000. Its county seat is Charleston, which is also the home of Eastern Illinois University.. The county is part of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Mattoon is famous for the "original" Burger King owned by the Hootses which is not the same as the Burger King chain. With the fact that the Hootses can only use their "Burger King" name in the Mattoon area and that the Burger King chain can use the name in the United States excluding the Mattoon area after a 1968 trademark lawsuit, there is a 20 mile radius centering the Hootses' Burger King, and the chain cannot have one within the radius. As such, no Burger Kings from the chain are in the county.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1830 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1831 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1831 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1878 | 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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| 1840 | 9,616
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| 1850 | 9,335
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| 1860 | 14,203
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| 1870 | 25,235
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| 1880 | 27,042
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| 1890 | 30,093
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| 1900 | 34,146
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| 1910 | 34,517
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| 1920 | 35,108
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| 1930 | 37,315
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| 1940 | 38,470
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| 1950 | 40,328
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| 1960 | 42,860
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| 1970 | 47,815
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| 1980 | 52,260
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| 1990 | 51,644
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Coles County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, naturalizations, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
- www.rootsweb.com/~ilcoles/coles.htm
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