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Edgar County was formed in 1823 out of Clark
County.
It was named for Irishman John Edgar who was an officer in the Royal Navy who switched sides during the RevolutionaryWar rather than fight the colonists. He became a a pioneer merchant, politician and land speculator in earlyIllinois.
Townships in Edgar County
Brouilletts Creek * Buck * Edgar (Bloomfield) * Elbridge * Embarrass * Grandview
Hunter * Kansas * Paris * Prairie * Ross * Shiloh * Stratton * Symmes * Young America
Communities in Edgar
County include:
Cities
Chrisman ~ Paris
Villages
Brocton ~ Hume ~ Kansas ~ Metcalf ~ Redmon ~ Vermilion ~
Unincorporated Communities
Borton ~ Edgar ~ Isabel ~ Logan ~ Nevins ~ Oliver ~
Patton ~ Raven ~ Scottland ~ Woodyard
Former Communities
Bell Ridge ~ Bloomfield ~ Catfish ~ Cherry Point ~ Clays Prairie ~ Conlogue ~ Dudley ~ Ferrel ~ Garland ~ Grandview ~
Harris ~ Hildreth ~ Horace ~ Huffmanville ~ Hughes ~ Illiana ~ Kentucky ~ Kidley ~ Logan ~ Mabel ~ Marley ~
Mays ~ McCown ~ Melwood ~ Mortimer ~ New Athens ~ Palermo ~ Quaker ~ Scotts ~ Warrington ~ West Sandford ~ Wetzel
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Website Updates
Oct. 2024
Sicklist news for BROWN, REDMOND, SHAVER
Obits for CLARK, MILLER
Marriage news for SHOAFF-WILEY, BECK-COULTER
Gossip News for VALE, STARNATER
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Edgar County, Illinois
Courthouse
115 West Court Street
Paris, IL 61944
(217) 465-4151
County Clerk's Office holds: Land Records, Vital Records (birth, death
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Circuit Clerk's Office holds: Divorce Records, Probates and Wills,
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