Douglas County, Illinois

County: Douglas

State: Illinois

Lat/Long: 39.7667, -88.2167

The Illinois General Assembly created Douglas County out of Coles County in 1859. Legislators named the county in honor of Stephen A. Douglas. Tuscola became the county seat.

Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, ed., Illinois Historical, Douglas County Biographical, ed. by John W. King (Chicago: Munsell, 1910), 618, 634.