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White County
Contact InformationWhite County Courthouse
301 E. Main St.
Carmi, IL 62821
618-382-7211, ext. 1 – County Clerk
618-382-2321, ext. 4 – Circuit Clerk
618-382-7211, ext. 1 – Recorder
IRAD—c/o Records Management
Morris Library, Mail Code 6808
Southern Illinois University
1835 University Press Dr.
Carbondale, IL 62901-6808
618-453-3040
Established
- December 9, 1815 (Territorial Laws, 1815–1816, p. 5)
Origin of the name of the county
- Named for Leonard White, pioneer of Gallatin County, Major of the Territorial militia, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1818, State Senator in the second and third General Assemblies.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
- 1812–1815 – Gallatin
- 1801–1812 – Randolph
- 1803–1809 – St. Clair
- 1790–1809 – Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats
- 1816–present – Carmi
History of county governing board
- 1815–1818 – County Court
- 1818–1819 – Justices’ Court
- 1819–1849 – County Commissioners’ Court
- 1849–1872 – County Court
- 1872–present – County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
- Adopted – November 7, 1871
Township Names
- Burnt Prairie
- Carmi
- Emma – Name changed from Concord (date unknown, probably 1872).
- Enfield
- Gray
- Hawthorne
- Heralds Prairie
- Indian Creek
- Mill Shoals
- Phillips
Township Map
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