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Edwards County, Illinois, United States

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Details for Edwards County

NameEdwards County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Illinois, United States
County SeatAlbion (Albion Number 1 Precinct)
Coordinates
Latitude 38.4167155 38° 25' 00.2" N
Longitude -88.0500354 88° 03' 00.1" W
Population7,440
Elevation132 m
Surrounding CountiesLawrence NE
Wabash E
Gibson (Indiana) E
Posey (Indiana) SE
White S
Wayne W
Richland N
USGS GNIS FeatureID424225
Histopolis Place ID239362369
Updated Apr 15, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Edwards County

8 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Edwards County, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_County,_Illinois (16 Jul 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Edwards 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/EW.html#CEM (26 Mar 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=713 (6 Sep 2009)

The USGenWeb Illinois Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/edwards/edwardscem.html (8 Dec 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Edwards County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=6096&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (18 Jan 2008)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Edwards County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Edwards County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Edwards/ (18 Jan 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Edwards County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Edwards County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Edwards/cem/ (24 Aug 2009)

Edwards County, Illinois IL, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Edwards 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=6096 (12 Nov 2008)
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Surveys in Edwards County

2 Surveys, 3 Ranges, 13 Townships

The Second Principal Meridian and Third Principal Meridian surveys govern land descriptions in all or part of Edwards County. You can navigate to any of the 13 survey townships that overlap Edwards County using the navigation tool below.

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Precincts of Edwards County

12 Precincts
Albion Number 1Albion Number 2Albion Number 3Bone Gap
BrownsDixonElleryFrench Creek
Salem Number 1Salem Number 2Shelby Number 1Shelby Number 2

Cities of Edwards County

2 Cities, 3 Villages, 11 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
Albion (city)BenningtonBlackBone Gap (village)
Browns (village)ElleryGrayville (city)Lexington (historical u.p.)
Maple GroveMarionMills Prairie (historical u.p.)Piankashawtown (historical u.p.)
Red TopSamsvilleWanborough (historical u.p.)West Salem (village)

Cemeteries of Edwards County

46 Cemeteries, 1 Alternate Name (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
AlbionBaptistBirk PrairieBond
Bone GapBrownBrownBrowns
CarneyCatholicColesEly
EnenezerEvangelicalFortneyGaede
GouldGracelandGravetGreathouse
GreathouseJacobsJames Hean FamilyJohnson
Little PrairieLittle WabashMacedoniaMarion
MedlerMoravianMount ZionMt. Zion (*)
Oak GrovePinhookPleasant HillPotter
RidgeSamariaSeventh Day AdventistShiloh
ThreadUnionWanboroughWells
WelserWestWest Village

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