Place:Ford, Illinois, United States

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NameFord
Alt namesFordsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.583°N 88.25°W
Located inIllinois, United States     (1859 - )
See alsoVermilion, Illinois, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Cabery
Clarence
Derby
Elliott
Garber
Gibson City
Guthrie
Harpster
Kempton
LaHogue
Melvin
Paxton
Perdueville
Piper City
Roberts
Sibley
Stelle
Township
Patton
Pella (township)
Unknown
Pella
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Ford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 14,081. Its county seat is Paxton. Ford County was part of the Champaign–Urbana, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area until 2018, when the Office of Management and Budget removed the county from the area.

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History

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Ford County was formed February 17, 1859 making it Illinois's "newest" county. It was created at the behest of some residents of Vermilion County, who complained to the General Assembly that they lived too far from the county seat. Ford County was named after Thomas Ford, the Governor of Illinois from 1842 to 1846.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1834 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1859 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1859 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1859 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1860 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
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 1,979
1870 9,103
1880 15,099
1890 17,035
1900 18,359
1910 17,096
1920 16,466
1930 15,489
1940 15,007
1950 15,901
1960 16,606
1970 16,382
1980 15,265
1990 14,275
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Ford County, Illinois, United States

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Research Tips

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External links

  • Outstanding guide to Ford 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.prairienet.org/fordiroq/ford.htm
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