Headnote
GREENE COUNTY, situated toward the westerly part of Illinois, with Illinois river on the west. Area, 942 square miles. Face of the country rolling; soil, fertile. Seat of justice, Carrollton. Pop. in 1830, 7,674; in 1840, 11,951; in 1850, 3,658. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Greene County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
GREENE COUNTY, situated toward the westerly part of Illinois, with Illinois river on the west. Area, 942 square miles. Face of the country rolling; soil, fertile. Seat of justice, Carrollton. Pop. in 1830, 7,674; in 1840, 11,951; in 1850, 3,658.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 141.
Name Type
Carrollton, IL City or Town
Date Title
Ozias Mather Hatch to Abraham Lincoln, August 17, 1861
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