Douglas County, Illinois, United States

Details for Douglas County

Name

Douglas County

Place Type

County

Located in

Illinois, United States

County Seat

Tuscola (Tuscola Township)

Coordinates

Latitude		39.7666990		39° 46' 00.1" N
Longitude		-88.2167114		88° 13' 00.2" W

Population

19,464

Elevation

197 m

Surrounding Counties

Champaign N
Vermilion NE
Edgar E
Coles S
Moultrie W
Piatt NW

USGS GNIS FeatureID

424222

Histopolis Place ID

777608296

Updated May 12, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Douglas County

9 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Cemeteries in or near Douglas County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=6075&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (17 Jan 2008)

Douglas County, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_County,_Illinois (17 Jul 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Douglas County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Douglas County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Douglas/ (6 May 2010)

Douglas County, Illinois County Information - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Get all the local information you need on Douglas County, Illinois, IL - community history, demographics, local search and more at ePodunk
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6075 (17 Dec 2009)

The USGenWeb Illinois Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/douglas/dougcem.html (6 Dec 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Douglas County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Douglas County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Douglas/cem/ (21 Aug 2009)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=710 (10 Sep 2009)

Illinois Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Illinois Gravestone Photos]
Research your Illinois ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Illinois gravestone photos. Locate Illinois gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Illinois roots.
http://illinoisgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=21 (10 Mar 2011)

The Political Graveyard: Douglas County, Ill. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DG.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

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Surveys in Douglas County

2 Surveys, 7 Ranges, 20 Townships

The Second Principal Meridian and Third Principal Meridian surveys govern land descriptions in all or part of Douglas County. You can navigate to any of the 20 survey townships that overlap Douglas County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Douglas County

9 Townships

Arcola	Bourbon	Bowdre	Camargo
Garrett	Murdock	Newman	Sargent
Tuscola

Cities of Douglas County

4 Cities, 5 Villages, 21 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Arcola (city)	Arthur (village)	Atwood (village)	Bourbon
Camargo (village)	Chesterville	Chicken Bristle	Fairland
Ficklin	Fillmore (historical u.p.)	Filson	Galton
Garrett (village)	Hayes	Hillcrest	Hindsboro (village)
Hugo	Kemp	Meadowview	Murdock
Newman (city)	North Prairie Acres	Northgate	Parkview
Patterson Springs	Southland Acres	Tuscola (city)	Villa Grove (city)
West Ridge	Yoder Addition

Cemeteries of Douglas County

26 Cemeteries, 1 Alternate Name (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Albin	Antioch	Bourbon	Broadus
Campbell	Fillmore	Gill	Gwinn
Hammett	Jordan	Lewis	Lower Lester
Miller	Mount Zion	Mt. Zion (*)	Murdock
Nelson	Oak Ridge	Pleasant Grove	Pleasant Ridge
Taylor	Township	Tuscola Township	Upper Lester
Van Voorhis	Yoder (Arthur, Bourbon Township)	Yoder (Bourbon Township)

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