Union County, Illinois

Overview

• Population: 18,293 (Change since 1990: +3.8%)
• Created: January 2, 1818
• County seat: Jonesboro
• Largest town: Anna (Pop. 5,136)
• Highest point: Bald Knob, 1025 ft.
• Name origin: Federal union

Populated Places

• Aldridge (Unincorporated)
  • Located on IL 3 just south of the crossing over Big Muddy River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'30" N, 89°28'12" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 17
  • Elevation: 351
  • Precinct: Union District No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Wolf Lake
  • Maps: 1897 Galbraith (Shown south of Ware) and 1898
• Alto Pass (Village)
  • Population: 388 (Change since 1990: -7.0%)
  • Located on IL 127 northwest of Cobden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'13" N, 89°19'03" W
  • Founded: Jan. 20, 1875
• Anna (City)
  • Population: 5,136 (Change since 1990: +6.9%)
  • Located adjacent to Jonesboro at the intersection US 51 and IL 146
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'37" N, 89°14'49" W
  • Name origin: Anna Davie
  • Founded: 1853 by Winstead Davie
  • Post office: Mar. 14, 1855 - Now (but called Jonesboro Station Feb. 7, 1857 - Mar. 11, 1857)
• Balcom (Unincorporated)
  • Located just off US 51 between Anna and Dongola
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'47" N, 89°12'22" W
  • Survey: T. 13 S., R. 1 W., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 496
  • Precinct: Balcom
  • USGS Quad: Anna
• Bennett Landing (Historical)
  • Located along the Mississippi River northeast of Neelys Landing, MO
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°32'02" N, 89°29'54" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 25
  • Elevation: 340
  • Precinct: Union District No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Wolf Lake
• Berryville (Unincorporated)
  • Located west of Jonesboro
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'25" N, 89°17'16" W
  • Survey: T. 12 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 460
  • Precinct: Jonesboro District No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Jonesboro
• Bradshaw (Historical)
  • Located east of Saratoga and southwest of Lick Creek
  • Post office: Mar. 5, 1875 - Jan. 8, 1881
  • Map: 1876 atlas
• Cobden (Village)
  • Population: 1,116 (Change since 1990: +2.4%)
  • Located on the railroad north of Anna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'53" N, 89°15'12" W
  • Name origin: Sir Richard Cobden
  • Founded: 1857 as South Pass
• Dongola (Village)
  • Population: 806 (Change since 1990: +10.7%)
  • Located just west of I-57 Exit 24 southeast of Anna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°21'40" N, 89°09'57" W
  • Founded: May 23, 1857 by Ebeni Leavenworth
  • Post office: Nov. 9, 1855 - Apr. 16, 1857 (Unionville); Apr. 16, 1857 - Now (Dongola)
• Dutch Mills (Unincorporated)
  • Located on IL 127 south of Jonesboro
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'55" N, 89°16'22" W
  • Survey: T. 13 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 1
  • Elevation: 440
  • Precinct: Jonesboro District No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Jonesboro
• Halsey (Unincorporated)
  • Located on the railroad north of La Rue, near the bridge over Big Muddy River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'02" N, 89°27'10" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 16-17
  • Elevation: 352
  • Precinct: Union District No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Wolf Lake
• Hamburg Landing (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the Mississippi River opposite Bainbridge, MO
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'23" N, 89°24'44" W
  • Precinct: Union District No. 1
  • USGS Quad: Ware
  • Maps: 1818 and 1833 (Hamburg)
• Jonesboro (City)
  • Population: 1,853 (Change since 1990: +7.2%)
  • Located at intersection IL 127 and IL 146 west of Anna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'06" N, 89°16'05" W
• Kaolin (Unincorporated)
  • Located southwest of Cobden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'42" N, 89°17'60" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 480
  • Precinct: Cobden District No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Cobden
• Kings Ferry (Historical)
  • Located along the Big Muddy River north of La Rue
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'54" N, 89°26'52" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 4
  • Precinct: Union District No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Wolf Lake
• La Rue (Unincorporated)
  • Located on the railroad north of Wolf Lake
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°32'44" N, 89°27'13" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 354
  • Precinct: Union District No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Wolf Lake
• Lick Creek (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Lickcreek
  • Located just off I-57 northeast of Anna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'21" N, 89°04'30" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 1 E., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 500
  • Precinct: Lick Creek
  • USGS Quad: Lick Creek
  • Maps: 1876 atlas and 1878 (Lick)
• Mason (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'25" N, 89°15'15" W
  • Elevation: 600
  • Precinct: Cobden District No. 1
  • USGS Quad: Cobden (Not shown)
• Mile 32 (Historical)
  • Station on the Illinois Central Railroad between Anna and Dongola
  • Maps: 1892 ICRR and 1898
• Mill Creek (Village)
  • Population: 76 (Change since 1990: -12.6%)
  • Located on IL 127 south of Springville, near the Alexander County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°20'30" N, 89°15'09" W
• Moscow (Unincorporated)
  • Located between Balcom and Vienna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'41" N, 89°03'09" W
  • Survey: T. 13 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 1
  • Elevation: 425
  • Precinct: Stokes
  • USGS Quad: Mount Pleasant
  • Maps: 1876 atlas, 1878, and 1895 McNally
• Mount Pleasant (Unincorporated)
  • Located just off IL 146 between Anna and Vienna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'07" N, 89°04'25" W
  • Survey: T. 12 S., R. 1 E., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 494
  • Precinct: Stokes
  • USGS Quad: Mount Pleasant
  • Founded: 1858 by Caleb Musgrave
  • Post office: Sept. 5, 1825 - May 15, 1909
  • Map: 1876 atlas
• Mountain Glen (Unincorporated)
  • Located just west of Cobden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'39" N, 89°17'23" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 26
  • Elevation: 455
  • Precinct: Cobden District No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Cobden
  • Map: 1898
• Pottsville (Historical)
  • Located southeast of Ware in the Union County Conservation Area
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°25'19" N, 89°21'27" W
  • Survey: T. 12 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 32
  • Elevation: 342
  • Precinct: Jonesboro District No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Jonesboro
• Progress (Historical)
  • Located northeast Cobden and south of Little Grassy Lake
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'12" N, 89°07'29" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 1 E.
  • Precinct: Saratoga
  • USGS Quad: Lick Creek (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1895 McNally and 1897 Galbraith
• Reynoldsville (Unincorporated)
  • Located along IL 3/IL 146 south of Ware
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'02" N, 89°23'42" W
  • Survey: T. 13 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 24
  • Elevation: 342
  • Precinct: Union District No. 1
  • USGS Quad: McClure
  • Map: 1898 (Reynolds)
• Saratoga (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Western Saratoga
  • Located northeast of Anna
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'32" N, 89°09'25" W
  • Survey: T. 12 S., R. 1 W., Sec. 1
  • Elevation: 435
  • Precinct: Saratoga
  • USGS Quad: Makanda
  • Maps: 1876 atlas (Western Saratoga) and 1897 Galbraith (Western Saratoga)
• Springville (Unincorporated)
  • Located along IL 127 between Dutch Mills and Mill Creek south of Jonesboro
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'28" N, 89°16'03" W
  • Survey: T. 13 S., R. 1 W., Sec. 19
  • Elevation: 440
  • Precinct: Mill Creek
  • USGS Quad: Mill Creek
  • Maps: 1876 atlas and 1898
• The Hall (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'24" N, 89°05'53" W
  • Elevation: 569
  • Precinct: Lick Creek
  • USGS Quad: Lick Creek (Not shown)
• Union Point (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Preston
  • Located along the Mississippi River, south of the mouth of Big Muddy River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°32'57" N, 89°30'14" W
  • Elevation: 350
  • Precinct: Union District No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Neelys Landing (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1875 Asher, 1876 atlas (Preston or Union Point P.O), and 1883 Tenney (Union Pt P.O. or Preston)
• Valley Mission (Unincorporated)
  • Located east of Reynoldsville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°21'29" N, 89°20'21" W
  • Survey: T. 13 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 28
  • Elevation: 390
  • Precinct: Union District No. 1
  • USGS Quad: Mill Creek
• Ware (Unincorporated)
  • Located at northern intersection of IL 3 and IL 146 west of Jonesboro
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°26'52" N, 89°23'38" W
  • Survey: T. 12 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 25
  • Elevation: 347
  • Precinct: Union District No. 1
  • USGS Quad: Ware
• Water Valley (Unincorporated)
  • Located northeast of Cobden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'31" N, 89°10'31" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 1 W., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 570
  • Precinct: Cobden District No. 1
  • USGS Quad: Makanda
• Wayside (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Oakville
  • Located in the northeast corner of the county, west of Goreville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'15" N, 89°04'33" W
  • Survey: T. 11 S., R. 1 E., Sec. 11
  • Precinct: Lick Creek
  • USGS Quad: Lick Creek
  • Post office: Nov. 6, 1885 - Jun. 8, 1906 (Oakville); Jun. 8, 1906 - Sept. 29, 1917 (Wayside)
• Willard Landing (Historical)
  • Previously known as: Willards, Greens Ferry, , and Big Barn
  • Located on the Mississippi River west of Jonesboro and opposite Moccasin Springs, MO
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'19" N, 89°27'03" W
  • Precinct: Union District No. 1
  • USGS Quad: Ware
  • Maps: 1876 atlas (Willard's Landing P.O. or Greens Ferry) and 1878
• Wolf Lake (Unincorporated)
  • Located along IL 3 northwest of Ware
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'15" N, 89°26'18" W
  • Survey: T. 12 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 353
  • Precinct: Union District No. 2
  • USGS Quad: Wolf Lake
  • Post office: May 17, 1890 - Now

History

Name origin

Named for the Federal union of the United States

Demographics