Welcome to Calhoun County, Illinois Genealogy and History Calhoun County, Illlinois Established January 10, 1825 (Laws, 1825, p. 65) Origin of the County Name Named for John C. Calhoun, a lawyer and statesman, Representive in Congress and United States Senator from South Carolina, Secretary of War under Monroe, Vice-President of the United States, and Secretary of State under Tyler, and was recognized as the "Father of Nullification". The First County Seat On January 27, 1825 the two men, George A. Allen and Gershom Flagg that had been appointed to select a county seat for the new county, met and selected Coles Grove as the county seat, but they recommended that the name of the village be changed to Gilead. The change was made and it has retained the name ever since.

County Seats       1825–1847: Gilead 1847:Hamburg (Temporary) 1847:Hardin (Present) Present,Parts or Formerly included in:       1821–1825: Pike 1812–1821: Madison 1795–1812: St. Clair Precincts       VIEW PRECINCT MAP Belleview Carlin Crater Gilead Hamburg Hardin Point Richwood       Towns and Cities       Batchtown Beechville Belleview Birch Island Brussels Centerville Cliffdale Conrad Deer Plain Gilead Golden Eagle Hamburg Hardin Hastings Landing Kampsville Kritesville Marshall Landing Meppen Michael Mozier Mozier Landing Star City The Crossroads Turner Landing Winneberger       Illinois Genealogy Trails Main Website Data       Illinois Genealogy Trails Military Data Revolutionary, War of 1812, Civil War, War War II, Korean War and more Illinois Genealogy Trails Census Census data currently online for all of our counties Illinois State Data Contains history, maps, Convict Register and more! Illinois Events Contains Data on Epidemics, Slavery, Events, etc.

Welcome to Calhoun County, Illinois Genealogy and History       presented by Illinois Genealogy Trails Volunteers working to put free historical data online. Hello! My name is Sandy, and I'm your new host. So sit back and relax and enjoy yourself. Many thanks to previous host Koni Proctor for getting this site started.... We gratefully accept contributions of raw data such as census information, marriage/birth/death records, obituaries, county histories, biographies, old newspaper items anything that would help someone build their family tree!! Feel free to email us with your data contributions - every little bit helps. I regret that I am unable to do personal research If you need help starting with your Illinois research, please visit our Research Page  ~~Online Data~~ BIOGRAPHIES & FAMILY HISTORY BIRTHS CEMETERIES CENSUS CHURCHES DEATHS LAND RECORDS LOCAL INFO/HISTORY MARRIAGES MILITARY NEWS ARTICLES OBITUARIES SCHOOLS WILLS/PROBATES RELATED SIT Other Data Photo's powered by FreeFind Helpful Addresses       Calhoun County Courthouse P.O. Box 187 Hardin, Il 62047 (County Clerk) 618-576-2351 (Circuit Clerk) 618-576-2451 (Recorder) 618-576-2351 Subscribe to the Illinois Genealogy Trails Mailing List to be notified of updates to this website and our other county websites.  Helpful Links       Neighboring Counties Pike Greene * Jersey Scott * *Available for adoption Illinois County Selection Map Visit our Illinois State Page  Visit our National Site Research Help Volunteer Information Counties that are available for adoption and instructions Thanks for Visiting! Thanks to Koni Proctor for the lovely page design!!! ©2008 Genealogy Trails Submitters retain all copyrights.