McDonough County

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McDonough County

Contact Information
McDonough County Courthouse
1 Courthouse Square
Macomb, IL 61455
309-833-2474 – County Clerk
309-837-4889 – Circuit Clerk
309-833-2474 – Recorder

IRAD Depository
University Library
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1390
309-298-2716

Established

January 25, 1826 (Laws, 1826, p. 76)
County organization was completed on June 14, 1830.

Origin of the name of the county

Named for Thomas McDonough, a Commodore of the United States Navy, who commanded the fleet on Lake Champlain in a successful engagement with the British fleet, near Plattsburg in 1814.

Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in

1826–1830 – Attached to Schuyler (Laws, 1826, p. 76)
1825–1826 – Schuyler
1821–1825 – Pike
1812–1821 – Madison
1795–1812 – St. Clair

County Seats

1831–present – Macomb

History of county governing board

1830–1849 – County Commissioners’ Court
1849–1857 – County Court
1857–present – County Board of Supervisors

Township Government

Adopted – November 4, 1856

Township Names

Bethel – Name changed from Eagle in October, 1857.
Blandinsville
Bushnell – Formed from Prairie City in June, 1866.
Chalmers – Name changed from Erin in October, 1857.
Colchester – Formed from Tennessee and Chalmers in July, 1879, to take effect on March 15, 1880.
Eldorado
Emmet – Name changed from Spring Creek in October, 1857.
Hire – Name changed from Rock Creek in October, 1857.
Industry
Lamoine
Macomb
Macomb City – Formed from Emmet, Macomb, Chalmers and Scotland (date unknown, after 1921).
Mound
New Salem
Prairie City
Sciota
Scotland
Tennessee
Walnut Grove

Township Map

McDonough County Township Map

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