Place:Lee, Illinois, United States

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Name	Lee
Alt names	Lee	source: Getty Vocabulary Program
Type	County
Coordinates	41.75°N 89.283°W
Located in	Illinois, United States (1839 - )
See also	Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States	Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
	Putnam, Illinois, United States	Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)

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Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 36,031. Its county seat is Dixon.

The Dixon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Lee County.

1 History
2 Timeline
3 Population History
4 Cemeteries
5 Research Tips
6 Resources

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History

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The area's first non-native settlers were mostly from the six New England states. The early nineteenth century saw a wave of westward movement from New England, due largely to completion of the Erie Canal and the end of the Black Hawk War.

The area that included present-day Lee County was delineated as St. Clair County in 1809. In 1823, a large section of northern St. Clair County was partitioned off as Fulton County. In 1825, the northwestern portion of that county was partitioned off as Putnam County. In 1831, the area was further partitioned into Jo Daviess County. A section of that county was partitioned off in 1836 as Ogle County, and in 1839 the bottom half of Ogle County was split off as Lee County. It is largely understood that the county's name honors "Lighthorse Harry" Lee, an officer in the American Revolutionary War. An alternative theory suggests the name honors Richard Henry Lee, a member of the Continental Congress (the Declaration of Independence was adopted pursuant to the Lee Resolution).

President Ronald Reagan lived in Dixon as a boy and attended Dixon High School.

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Timeline

Date	Event	Source
1838	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	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	Court 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
1877	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
1840	2,035
1850	5,292
1860	17,651
1870	27,171
1880	27,491
1890	26,187
1900	29,894
1910	27,750
1920	28,004
1930	32,329
1940	34,604
1950	36,451
1960	38,749
1970	37,947
1980	36,328
1990	34,392

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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Lee County, Illinois, United States

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Research Tips

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Resources

Outstanding guide to Lee 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.outfitters.com/illinois/lee/

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

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