Headnote
MASSAC COUNTY, situated on the southerly boundary of Illinois, with Ohio river on the south.  Area     square miles.  Seat of justice, Metropolis.  Pop. in 1850, 4,092. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Massac County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
MASSAC COUNTY, situated on the southerly boundary of Illinois, with Ohio river on the south.  Area     square miles.  Seat of justice, Metropolis.  Pop. in 1850, 4,092.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 211.
How to Cite This Page: "Massac County, IL," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hddev.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/18433.