Named for George Rogers Clark, a soldier of the Revolution, who, as a Colonel of the Virginia militia, established Colonial control in the Illinois country, by the capture of Kaskaskia and Fort Vincennes.
Named after Edward Coles, the second Governor of the State of Illinois. Coles served as Governor from December 5, 1822 to December 6, 1826.
Cumberland County FYI
Named for the Cumberland road, named in its turn from the town Cumberland, Maryland, which derived its name from the mountain range of the same name adopted, presumably, from the Cumberland mountains of Great Britain.
Cumberland County
Toledo, County Seat
Courthouse contact information:
Cumberland County Courthouse
P.O. Box 146
Toledo, IL 62468
The county received its name from Hon. John Edgar, one of the first three Judges of the Illinois County.
The seat of justice for Edgar County was to be located on twenty-six acres of land, the property of Samuel Vance, and to be known by the name of Paris.
Vermilion County FYI
Named after the Vermilion River, the principal branches of which flow through the county.
Danville became the County Seat in 1827.
Abraham Lincoln practiced law in Danville from 1841 until 1859.
Vermilion County
Danville, County Seat
Courthouse contact information:
Vermilion County Courthouse
7 N. Vermilion
Danville, IL 61832–5879
