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Edgar County, Illinois, United States

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Details for Edgar County

NameEdgar County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Illinois, United States
County SeatParis (Paris Township)
Coordinates
Latitude 39.6667015 39° 40' 00.1" N
Longitude -87.7505829 87° 45' 02.1" W
Population19,595
Elevation213 m
Surrounding CountiesVermilion N
Vermillion (Indiana) NE
Vigo (Indiana) SE
Clark S
Coles W
Douglas W
Champaign NW
USGS GNIS FeatureID424224
Histopolis Place ID521650514
Updated 2 days ago
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Genealogy Resources for Edgar County

11 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
The Political Graveyard: Edgar 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/ED.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Edgar County, Illinois Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Edgar County, Illinois
http://www.interment.net/us/il/edgar.htm (16 May 2010)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=712 (26 Aug 2010)

Edgar County, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_County,_Illinois (16 Jul 2010)

Edgar County, Illinois IL, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Edgar County, Illinois IL, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6095 (12 Nov 2008)

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=23 (13 Apr 2011)

The USGenWeb Illinois Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/edgar/ceme.htm (24 Jan 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Edgar County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=6095&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (18 Jan 2008)

EveryNameIndex.com - Every Name Index to History of Edgar County, Illinois [EveryNameIndex.com] Added 2 days ago
This index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, © 2012. Original text by William E. E. Baron, Jr. & Company, 1879; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1968. This new Every Name Index contains over 14,900 entries.
http://www.everynameindex.com/EdgarCoIL.html (6 Feb 2012)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Edgar County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Edgar County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Edgar/cem/ (28 Aug 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Edgar County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Edgar County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Edgar/ (21 Feb 2010)
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Surveys in Edgar County

1 Survey, 4 Ranges, 21 Townships

The Second Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Edgar County. You can navigate to any of the 21 survey townships that overlap Edgar County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Edgar County

15 Townships
Brouilletts CreekBuckEdgarElbridge
EmbarrassGrandviewHunterKansas
ParisPrairieRossShiloh
StrattonSymmesYoung America

Cities of Edgar County

2 Cities, 6 Villages, 42 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
Bell RidgeBloomfieldBortonBrocton (village)
Catfish (historical u.p.)Cherry PointChrisman (city)Clays Prairie
ConlogueDudleyEdgarElbridge
FerrelGarlandGrandviewHarris
HildrethHoraceHuffmanvilleHughes
Hume (village)Illiana (historical u.p.)IsabelKansas (village)
KentuckyKidleyLoganMabel
MarleyMaysMcCownMelwood
Metcalf (village)MortimerNevinsNew Athens (historical u.p.)
OliverPalermoParis (city)Patton
Quaker (historical u.p.)RavenRedmon (village)Scottland
ScottsVermilion (village)WarringtonWest Sandford
WetzelWoodyard

Cemeteries of Edgar County

85 Cemeteries, 3 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
AdamsAllenAugustusBarr-Johnson
BeattyBlackburnBlackmanBloomfield
Boyer (Grandview Township)Boyer (Kansas Township)BrightBruce
CameronCassadyCatfishCatfish Point
Cherry PointCholeraChronicConkey
CookCornwellCummingsEdgar
Elledge HolleyEmbarrassFairviewFranklin
GainesGillGrandviewGymon
HarmonyHindsHoultHouseton
HuffmanIgoLaufmanLittle Grove
LittlefieldLycanMcCauleyMcKee
Mount CarmelMt. Carmel (*)New GoshenNew Hope
New ProvidenceNewcombNewtonOgden
O'Hair †Old BaptistOld ScottParis Memorial Gardens
PaynePleasant HillPoulterPryor
QuinnRedmonRossRudy
Saint AloysiusSaint MarysScott (Edgar Township)Scott (Embarrass Township)
SimmsSixteenSt. Aloysius (*)St. Marys (*)
Stafford-CrimmonsStephensSugar GroveSwango
TateVermilionWaiteWalls
Wesley ChapelWilhoitWilkinsWilson
WoodlandYoung AmericaZimmerlyZimmerman

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