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Montgomery County
Contact InformationCounty Clerk and Recorder
Montgomery County Courthouse
#1 Courthouse Square
Hillsboro, IL 62049
217-532-9530
Circuit Clerk
Montgomery County Courts Complex
120 N. Main St.
P.O. Box C
Hillsboro, IL 62049
217-532-9540
IRAD Depository
LIB 144
University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407
217-206-6520
Established
- February 21, 1821 (Laws, 1821, p. 142)
Origin of the name of the county
- Named for Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary General, of Irish birth, who was killed before Quebec on December 31, 1775.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
- 1821–1827 – Fayette (small eastern section)
- 1817–1821 – Bond
- 1812–1821 – Madison
- 1790–1812 – St. Clair
- 1790–1801 – Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats
- 1821–1823 – Hamilton—Designated but never established.
- 1823–present – Hillsboro
History of county governing board
- 1821–1849 – County Commissioners’ Court
- 1849–1873 – County Court
- 1873–present – County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
- Adopted – November 5, 1872
Township Names
- Audubon
- Bois D’Arc
- Butler Grove
- East Fork
- Fillmore
- Grisham – Formed from Hillsboro (date unknown, before 1882).
- Harvel
- Hillsboro
- Irving
- Nokomis
- North Litchfield
- Pitman – Formed from Harvel (date unknown, before 1882).
- Raymond
- Rountree
- South Fillmore – Formed from Fillmore in September, 1920.
- South Litchfield
- Walshville
- Witt
- Zanesville
Township Map
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