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Henry County
Contact InformationHenry County Courthouse
100 S. Main
Cambridge, IL 61238
309-937-3575 – County Clerk
309-937-3572 – Circuit Clerk
309-937-3585 – Recorder
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University Library
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1390
309-298-2716
Established
- January 13, 1825 (Laws, 1825, p. 94)
- County organization was completed in 1837.
Origin of the name of the county
- Named for Patrick Henry, a lawyer, orator and statesman of the American Revolutionary period, a member of the Continental Congress, and Governor of Virginia.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
- 1831–1837 – Attached to Knox (Laws, 1831, p. 63)
- 1825–1831 – Attached to Schuyler (Laws, 1825, p. 95)
- 1825–1831 – Putnam
- 1827–1831 – JoDaviess
- 1823–1825 – Fulton
- 1821–1823 – Pike
- 1812–1821 – Madison
- 1801–1812 – St. Clair
County Seats
- 1837–1839 – Richmond
- 1839–1840 – Geneseo – Temporarily appointed to house records.
- 1840–1843 – Morristown
- 1843–present – Cambridge
History of county governing board
- 1837–1849 – County Commissioners’ Court
- 1849–1857 – County Court
- 1857–present – County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
- Adopted – November 4, 1856
Township Names
- Alba – Name changed from Elba on April 13, 1857.
- Andover
- Annawan
- Atkinson
- Burns
- Cambridge
- Clover – Name changed from Ashnelet (date unknown).
- Colona – Name changed from Green River on April 13, 1857.
- Cornwall
- Edford
- Galva
- Geneseo
- Hanna
- Kewanee
- Loraine
- Lynn – Name changed from Linn Grove to Lynnville on April 13, 1857 and to Lynn (date unknown).
- Munson – Name changed from Centre on April 13, 1857.
- Osco – Name changed from Essex on April 13, 1857.
- Oxford
- Phoenix
- Weller
- Western – Name changed from Orion on April 13, 1857.
- Wethersfield
- Yorktown
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