Place:Jersey, Illinois, United States

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Name
Jersey
Alternate names
Jersey     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
39.067°N 90.35°W
Located in
Illinois, United States     (1839 - )
See also
Greene, Illinois, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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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

Jersey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. Jersey County is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. As of 2000, the population was 21,668. Its county seat is Jerseyville, Illinois6.

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History

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Jersey County lies Northeast of where the great Mississippi and Illinois Rivers meet. It is the former home of Kickapoo, Menomini, Potawatomi, and Illiniwek Confederation Indians. The first European explorers to visit the area, Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet, arrived in 1673 where they encountered the fearsome painting of the Piasa. The present day Pere Marquette State Park, located in Jersey County, is named in Father Marquette's honor.

Jersey County was formed in 1839 out of Greene County. The County was named for the State of New Jersey, from which many of the early settlers emigrated - which was itself named for the Channel Island of Jersey. The area quickly evolved into small agricultural communities. As the area soon began to flourish, a county government was established and a courthouse was built in Jerseyville, the county seat. The present courthouse is a magnificent architectural structure that was built in 1894.

Today, while the county maintains its agricultural base, it is within commuting distance of jobs and industry in St. Louis, Missouri and the surrounding area. A large portion of the population works outside of Jersey County and benefits from being "Near the crowd, but not in it", the official slogan of the Jersey County Business Association's advertising campaign.

Timeline

Date Event Source
1822 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1839 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1839 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1839 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1839 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1840 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 4,535
1850 7,354
1860 12,051
1870 15,054
1880 15,542
1890 14,810
1900 14,612
1910 13,954
1920 12,682
1930 12,556
1940 13,636
1950 15,264
1960 17,023
1970 18,492
1980 20,538
1990 20,539

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~iljersey/


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Jersey 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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