Boone County, Illinois

County: Boone

State: Illinois

Lat/Long: 42.3333, -88.8167

The Illinois legislature created Boone County in 1837 from Winnebago County. Commissioners appointed for the purpose established the town of Belvidere as the new county’s seat.

An Act to Create Certain Counties Therein Named; An Act to Define the Bounds of Boone County; Past and Present of Boone County, Illinois (Chicago: H. F. Kett, 1877), 228, 235-36, 239-40.