Clinton County Fact Sheet (original) (raw)
Clinton County Fact Sheet
Addresses for County Courthouse and IRAD:
| Clinton County Courthouse 850 Fairfax Street Carlyle, IL 62231 | ||
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| Telephone: | County Clerk Circuit Clerk Recorder | (618) 594-2464, Ext. 630 (618) 594-2464, Ext. 620 (618) 594-2464, Ext. 630 |
| IRAD Depository c/o Special Collections Morris Library�6632 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901 | ||
| Telephone: (618) 453-3040 |
| Established: | December 27, 1824 (Laws, 1825, p. 27) |
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| Origin of the name of the county: | |
| Named for DeWitt Clinton, a distinguished lawyer, financier and statesman, Mayor of the city and Governor of the State of New York, United States Senator and chief promoter of the Erie Canal. | |
| Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: | |
| 1818�1824 | |
| 1803�1813 | |
| 1790�1818 | |
| County Seat: | |
| 1825� | |
| History of county governing board: | |
| 1824�1849 | |
| 1849�1874 | |
| 1874� | |
| Township Government | |
| Adopted: | |
| Township Names: | |
| Breese | |
| Brookside | |
| Carlyle | |
| Clement | |
| East Fork | |
| Germantown | |
| Irishtown | |
| Lake | |
| Looking Glass | |
| Meridian | |
| Santa Fe | |
| St. Rose | |
| Sugar Creek | |
| Wade | |
| Wheatfield |