Pontiac, Illinois

City: Pontiac

County: Livingston

State: Illinois

Lat/Long: 40.8667, -88.6167

When the Illinois General Assembly created Livingston County in 1837, it appointed commissioners to locate a county seat. Those commissioners chose a site, which became the town of Pontiac. In 1839, county residents voted against removing the seat from Pontiac.

An Act to Establish the County of Livingston; An Act to Relocate the Seat of Justice of Livingston County; The History of Livingston County, Illinois (Chicago: Wm. Le Baron Jr., 1878), 254, 256.