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DeWitt County
Contact InformationDeWitt County Courthouse
201 W. Washington St.
Clinton, IL 61727
217-935-7780 – County Clerk
217-935-7750 – Circuit Clerk
217-935-7780 – Recorder
IRAD Depository
Illinois State University
2016 Warehouse Rd.
Campus Box 1520
Normal, IL 61790-1520
309-452-6027
Established
- March 1, 1839 (Laws, 1839, p. 199)
Origin of the name of the county
- Named for DeWitt Clinton, a distinguished lawyer, financier and statesman, Mayor of the city and Governor of the State of New York, United States Senator and chief promoter of the Erie Canal.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
- 1827–1839 – McLean
- 1831–1839 – Macon
- 1827–1831 – Tazewell
- 1827–1831 – Shelby
- 1821–1827 – Fayette
- 1819–1821 – Clark
- 1816–1819 – Crawford
- 1815–1816 – Edwards
- 1812–1815 – Madison
- 1801–1812 – St. Clair
- 1790–1801 – Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats
- 1839–present – Clinton
History of county governing board
- 1839–1849 – County Commissioners’ Court
- 1849–1859 – County Court
- 1859–present – County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
- Adopted – November 2, 1858
Township Names
- Barnett
- Clintonia – Name changed from Clinton on June 7, 1859.
- Creek
- DeWitt – Name changed from Marion on June 7, 1859.
- Harp
- Nixon
- Rutledge – Name changed from Douglas on June 7, 1859.
- Santa Anna – Name changed from Mt. Pleasant on June 7, 1859.
- Texas
- Turnbridge
- Wapella
- Waynesville
- Wilson
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