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Christian County

Established
February 15, 1839 as Dane County (Laws, 1839, p. 104)
Name changed to Christian County in 1840.

Origin of the name of the county
Named after Christian County in Kentucky through the influence of emigrants from that county.

Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
1821–1839 — Sangamon
1827–1839 — Shelby
1821–1839 — Montgomery
1821–1827 — Fayette
1819–1821 — Clark
1817–1821 — Bond
1816–1819 — Crawford
1812–1817 — Madison
1815–1816 — Edwards
1790–1812 — St. Clair
1790–1801 — Knox, Northwest Territory

County Seats
1839–  — Taylorville

History of county governing board
1839–1849 — County Commissioners’ Court
1849–1866 — County Court
1866–  — County Board of Supervisors

Township Government
Adopted — November 7, 1865

Township Names
Assumption
Bear Creek
Buckhart
Greenwood — Name changed from Nevada (no date).
Johnson — Name changed from Douglas (no date).
King
Locust
May — Name changed from Smith to Howard, then Penn, and finally to May (no date).
Mosquito
Mt. Auburn
Pana
Prairieton — Name changed from Adams (no date).
Ricks
Rosamond — Name changed from Rosemund (no date).
South Fork
Stonington
Taylorville

Township Map

Pertinent Databases
Federal Township Plats of Illinois
Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database
Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916–1950
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
Local Governmental Records Database
Name Index to Illinois Local Governments