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Tazewell County
Contact InformationTazewell County Clerk and Recorder
McKenzie Bldg., 2nd Fl.
11 S. 4th St., Ste. 203
Pekin, IL 61554
309-477-2264 – County Clerk
309-477-2210 – Recorder
Circuit Clerk
Tazewell County Courthouse
342 Court St.
Pekin, IL 61554
309-477-2214
IRAD Depository
Illinois State University
2016 Warehouse Rd.
Campus Box 1520
Normal, IL 61790-1520
309-452-6027
Established
- January 31, 1827 (Laws, 1827, p. 113)
Origin of the name of the county
- Named for Lyttleton W. Tazewell, an eminent lawyer, Governor, Representative in Congress, and United States Senator from Virginia.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
- 1825–1827 – Peoria
- 1821–1825 – Sangamon
- 1817–1821 – Bond
- 1812–1821 – Madison
- 1790–1812 – St. Clair
- 1790–1801 – Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats
- 1827–1831 – Mackinaw
- 1831–1836 – Pekin
- 1836–1849 – Tremont
- 1850–present – Pekin
History of county governing board
- 1827–1850 – County Commissioners’ Court
- 1850–present – County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
- Adopted – November 6, 1849
Township Names
- Boynton – Formed as Boyington in November, 1854; name changed to Boynton (date unknown).
- Cincinnati
- Deer Creek
- Delavan
- Dillon
- Elm Grove
- Fon-du-lac
- Groveland
- Hittle – Name changed from Union to Waterford on May 20, 1850; name changed from Waterford to Armington in August, 1850; name changed from Armington to Hittle on November 11, 1850.
- Hopedale – Name changed from Highland on May 20, 1850.
- Little Mackinaw
- Mackinaw
- Malone – Formed from Delavan in November, 1854.
- Morton
- Pekin
- Sand Prairie – Name changed from Jefferson on May 20, 1850.
- Spring Lake
- Tremont
- Washington
Township Map
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