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Southwestern Illinois RC&D - Regional Info

Bond County, Illinois is located in southern Illinois. It was created in 1818 (before Illinois became a state) from Madison County. The county seat is Greenville.

It is divided into nine townships: Burgess, Central, Lagrange, Mills, Mulberry Grove, Old Ripley, Pleasant Mound, Shoal Creek, and Tamalco.

Towns in the county are Ayers, Beaver Creek, Bunje, Dudleyville, Durley, Elm Point (historical), Gilmore, Greenville (county seat), Hamburg, Hookdale, Keyesport Landing, Mulberry Grove, Old Ripley, Paisley Corners, Panama, Pierron, Pleasant Mound, Pocahontas, Reno, Smithboro, Sorento, Stubblefield, Tamalco, and Woburn.

This county, in the S. W. central part of Illinois, has an area of about 400 square miles. It is intersected by Shoal creek and its branches, the East and West Forks, which flow southward; the Kaskaskia river touches the S. E. extremity. The surface is undulating, and presents an alternation of beautiful prairies and tracts of timber in nearly equal proportions. The soil is highly productive. Indian corn, wheat, oats, pork, and butter are the staples. In 1850 the county produced 460,985 bushels of Indian corn; 7655 of wheat; 84,771 of oats, and 114,970 pounds of butter. It contained 16 churches and 4 newspaper establishments. There were 1500 pupils attending public schools, and 310 attending academies or other schools. Stone coal is found near Shoal creek. The National road and the projected railway from Terre Haute to St. Louis pass through the county. Named in honor of Shadrach Bond, first governor of Illinois. Capital, Greenville. Population, 6144.

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