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Coles County is a county in Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,863. Its county seat is Charleston, which is also the home of Eastern Illinois University.
Coles County is part of the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Coles County, Illinois, United States
Research Tips
Resources
- 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.
- Coles County ILGenWeb
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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