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Bond County
Contact InformationCounty Clerk and Recorder
203 County Office Bldg.
Greenville, IL 62246
618-664-0449
Circuit Clerk
Bond County Courthouse
200 W. College Ave.
Greenville, IL 62246
618-664-3208
IRAD Depository
LIB 144
University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407
217-206-6520
Established
- January 4, 1817 (Territorial Laws, 1816/17, p. 28)
Origin of the name of the county
- Named after Shadrach Bond, the first Governor of the State of Illinois. Bond served as Governor from October 6, 1818 to December 5, 1822. The county received its name the year before Bond was elected Governor.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
- 1812–1817 – Madison
- 1790–1812 – St. Clair
County Seats
- 1817 – Hills Station or Hills Fort (Temporary designation).
- 1817–1821 – Perryville
- 1821–present – Greenville
History of county governing board
- 1817–1818 – County Court
- 1818–1819 – Justices’ Court
- 1819–1849 – County Commissioners’ Court
- 1849–1889 – County Court
- 1889–present – County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
- Adopted – November 6, 1888
Township Names
- Burgess
- Central
- Lagrange
- Mills
- Mulberry Grove
- Old Ripley
- Pleasant Mound
- Shoal Creek
- Tamalco
Township Map
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