 Edgar County was formed out of Clark County in 1823 and named for John Edgar, an Irish-born officer in the Royal Navy who resigned rather than fight against the Americans in the Revolutionary War. Edgar moved to Kaskaskia, Illinois in 1784, becoming a miller and merchant in that town.
Edgar County is located in the south eastern section of the state of Illinois. It is bounded by: Vermillion county to the North; Clark County to the South; Coles County to the South West; and Douglas County to the North West; with Vermillion and Vigo Counties in the state of Indiana to the East. This county is adoptable. See this webpage for more information if you are interested. The information on this site has been made possible by many contributors. For information about the Illinois state project, click on the ILGenWeb logo above. If you would like to help out ILGenWeb by maintaining a county website, just click https://illinoisgenweb.org/adopt.html to see which counties are available for "adoption." The History of Edgar County, Illinois published in 1879 is now available for free on archive.org here: https://archive.org/details/historyofedgarco00unse (opens in a new tab on your web browser) An index of names included in the book above starts here Please be sure to visit the Edgar County section of the USGenWeb Archives |
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Special thanks to the previous County Coordinators, Joy Fisher, Maggie Stewart and Shannon Busby
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