Addresses for County Courthouse and IRAD:

 

Established:			February 27, 1841 (Laws, 1841, p. 84)
Origin of the name of the county:
	Named after Woodford County in Kentucky through the influence of emigrants from that county.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in:
	Eastern Part:
		1831–1841	McLean
		1827–1831	Tazewell
		1821–1827	Fayette
		1819–1821	Clark
		1816–1819	Crawford
		1815–1816	Edwards
	Western Part:
		1827–1841	Tazewell
		1825–1827	Peoria
		1821–1825	Sangamon
		1817–1821	Bond
	1812–1817		Madison
	1801–1812		St. Clair
	1790–1801		Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats:
	1841–1843		Versailles—Temporary designation.
	1843–1894		Metamora—Named Hanover until February 21, 1845.
	1894–		Eureka
	The Metamora Courthouse, used from 1845 to 1894,  is one of two surviving court buildings on the old Eighth Judicial Circuit, which was traveled by Abraham Lincoln.
History of county governing board:
	1841–1849		County Commissioners’ Court
	1849–1855		County Court
	1855–		County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
	Adopted:		November 7, 1854
Township Names:
	Cazenovia
	Clayton		Clayton and Linn were originally attached and treated as one township (date of separation unknown).
	Cruger		Formed from Olio on September 14, 1869
	El Paso		Formed from Palestine in September, 1861.
	Greene
	Kansas		Formed from Palestine in September, 1859.
	Linn		Linn and Clayton were originally attached and treated as one township (date of separation unknown).
	Metamora
	Minonk		Minonk and Panola were originally attached and treated as one township (date of separation unknown).
	Montgomery
	Olio
	Palestine
	Panola		Panola and Minonk were originally attached and treated as one township (date of separation unknown).
	Partridge
	Roanoke
	Spring Bay
	Worth