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White County
Contact Information301 E. Main St.
P.O. Box 339
Carmi, IL 62821
618-382-7211 — County Clerk
618-382-2321 — Circuit Clerk
618-382-7211 — Recorder
c/o Special Collections
Morris Library–6632
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901
618-453-3040
Established
December 9, 1815 (Territorial Laws, 1815–1816, p. 5)
Origin of the name of the county
Named for Leonard White, pioneer of Gallatin County, Major of the Territorial militia, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1818, State Senator in the second and third General Assemblies.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
1812–1815 — Gallatin
1801–1812 — Randolph
1803–1809 — St. Clair
1790–1809 — Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats
1816– — Carmi
History of county governing board
1815–1818 — County Court
1818–1819 — Justices’ Court
1819–1849 — County Commissioners’ Court
1849–1872 — County Court
1872– — County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
Adopted — November 7, 1871
Township Names
Burnt Prairie
Carmi
Emma — Name changed from Concord (date unknown, probably 1872).
Enfield
Gray
Hawthorne
Heralds Prairie
Indian Creek
Mill Shoals
Phillips
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