Headnote
MERCER COUNTY, situated on the west boundary of Illinois, with the Mississippi river on the west. Area, 550 square miles. Seat of justice, Millersburgh. Pop. in 1840, 2,352; in 1850, 5,246. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Mercer County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
MERCER COUNTY, situated on the west boundary of Illinois, with the Mississippi river on the west.  Area, 550 square miles.  Seat of justice, Millersburgh.  Pop. in 1840, 2,352; in 1850, 5,246.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 217.
Date Type
In Illinois, three mothers and four of their children die in a freezing river when their sleigh overturns Crime/Disasters
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