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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
Hancock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population was 20,121. Its county seat is Carthage, Illinois6.
History
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Hancock County was part of the "Military Tract" set aside by Congress to reward veterans of the War of 1812. Actual settlement of the interior of the County was delayed by concerns about hostile American Indians. After their defeat in the Blackhawk War in 1832, settlement proceeded quickly.
Hancock County was formed, in 1825, out of Pike County. It was named in honor of John Hancock, who clearly signed the Declaration of Independence.
For a brief period in the 1840s Hancock had one of Illinois' most populous cities: Nauvoo, Illinois, which was then headquarters for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The LDS leader Joseph Smith, Jr. was assassinated in the county seat of Carthage in 1844. Most Mormons left Hancock county in the 1840s. Today followers of the LDS movement come, in increasing numbers, to important LDS sites in Hancock county, partly for vacation and partly for religious pilgrimage.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1817 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1825 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1829 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1829 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1830 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1830 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1844 | 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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| 1830 | 483
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| 1840 | 9,946
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| 1850 | 14,652
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| 1860 | 29,061
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| 1870 | 35,935
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| 1880 | 35,337
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| 1890 | 31,907
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| 1900 | 32,215
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| 1910 | 30,638
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| 1920 | 28,523
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| 1930 | 26,420
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| 1940 | 26,297
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| 1950 | 25,790
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| 1960 | 24,574
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| 1970 | 23,645
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| 1980 | 23,877
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| 1990 | 21,373
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Research Tips
External links
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