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Name | Tazewell |
Alt names | Tazewell | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
Type | County |
Coordinates | 40.533°N 89.55°W |
Located in | Illinois, United States (1827 - ) |
See also | Bond, Illinois, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Clark, Illinois, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | DeWitt, Illinois, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | La Salle, Illinois, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Livingston, Illinois, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Logan, Illinois, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Madison, Illinois, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Mason, Illinois, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | McLean, Illinois, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Woodford, Illinois, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Tazewell County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 135,394. Its county seat and largest city is Pekin. It is pronounced with a short "a", to rhyme with "razz" rather than "raze".
Tazewell County is part of the Peoria, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The majority of the population lives along the county's western border.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1825 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1827 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1827 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1827 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1827 | Probate 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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1850 | 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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1830 | 4,716
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1840 | 7,221
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1850 | 12,052
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1860 | 21,470
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1870 | 27,903
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1880 | 29,666
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1890 | 29,556
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1900 | 33,221
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1910 | 34,027
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1920 | 38,540
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1930 | 46,082
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1940 | 58,362
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1950 | 76,165
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1960 | 99,789
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1970 | 118,649
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1980 | 132,078
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1990 | 123,692
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Tazewell County, Illinois, United States
Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Tazewell 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/~iltazewe/
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