Bureau County, Illinois

County: Bureau

State: Illinois

Lat/Long: 41.4000, -89.5167

The Illinois General Assembly created Bureau County in 1837 out of Putnam County. The same year, commissioners appointed for the purpose chose Princeton as the county seat.

An Act to Create the County of Bureau; H. C. Bradsby, ed., History of Bureau County, Illinois (Chicago: World, 1885), 267-68.