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Henderson County
Contact InformationHenderson County Courthouse
307 Warren St.
Oquawka, IL 61469
309-867-2911 – County Clerk
309-867-3121 – Circuit Clerk
309-867-2911 – Recorder
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University Library
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1390
309-298-2716
Established
- January 20, 1841 (Laws, 1841, p. 67)
Origin of the name of the county
- Named after Henderson County in Kentucky through the influence of emigrants from that county. Henderson County, Kentucky, was named for Colonel Richard Henderson, an eighteenth-century pioneer and land speculator.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
- 1825–1841 – Warren
- 1821–1825 – Pike
- 1812–1821 – Madison
- 1795–1812 – St. Clair
County Seats
- 1841–present – Oquawka
History of county governing board
- 1841–1849 – County Commissioners’ Court
- 1849–1873 – County Court
- 1873–1907 – Board of County Commissioners
- 1907–present – County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
- Adopted – November 6, 1906
Township Names
- Bald Bluff
- Biggsville
- Carman
- Gladstone
- Lomax
- Media
- Oquawka
- Raritan
- Rozetta
- Stronghurst
- Terre Haute
Township Map
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