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CHRISTIAN COUNTY - a rich agricultural county, lying in the "central belt" and organized in 1839 from parts of Macon, Montgomery, Sangamon and Shelby Counties. The name first given to it was Dane, in honor of Nathan Dane, one of the framers of the Ordinance of 1787 (a/k/a the Northwest Ordinance), but a political prejudice led to a change. A preponderance of early settlers having come from Christian County, KY., this name was finally adopted. The surface is level and the soil fertile, the northern half of the county being best adapted to corn and the southern to wheat. Its area is about 710 square miles, and its population (1900) was 32,790. The life of the early settlers was exceedingly primitive. Game was abundant; wild honey was used as a substitute for sugar; wolves were troublesome; prairie fires were frequent; the first mill (on Bear Creek) could not grind more than 10 bushels of grain per day, by horse-power. The people hauled their corn to St. Louis to exchange for groceries. The first store was opened at Robertson's Point, but the county-seat was established at Taylorville. A great change was wrought in local conditions by the advent of the Illinois Central Railway, which passes through the eastern part of the county. Two other railroads now pass centrally through the county - the Wabash and the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern. The principal towns are Taylorville (a railroad center and thriving town of 2,829 inhabitants), Pana, Morrisonville, Edinburg and Assumption.   Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, 1901.  Transcribed by Kim Torp, © 2004      The county was renamed Christian County in 1840.  Surrounding Counties:  Macon, Montgomery, Sangamon, Shelby


All Around Christian County
People from Christian County
Religion in Christian County

County and Town Histories Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, 1901 Transcribed by Kim Torp, © 2004

  • Adams Grove (historical) Section 21 of Prairieton Township
  • Assumption  39°31'N 89°3'W
  • Bear Creek
  • Blueville 39°39'44"N 89°23'31"W
  • Bolivia  39°44'32"N 89°20'49"W
  • Buckhart
  • Bulpitt   39°35'30"N 89°25'26"W
  • Calloway   39°33'44"N 89°21'19"W
  • Campbellsburg (historical) 39°41'01"N 89°25'13"W
  • Clarksdale  39°29'23"N 89°22'4"W
  • Dunkle  39°28'5"N 89°3'46"W
  • Edinburg  39°39'26"N 89°23'22"W
  • Ellis   39°35'24"N 89°31'44"W
  • Greenwood
  • Grove City   39°42'24"N 89°17'49"W
  • Hewittsville   39°32'14"N 89°18'50"W
  • Jeiseyville   39°34'38"N 89°24'18"W
  • Johnson
  • Kincaid   39°35'19"N 89°24'52"W
  • King
  • Langleyville  39°33'44"N 89°21'19"W
  • Locust
  • May
  • Midway  39°40'11"N 89°09'31"W
  • Millersville   39°27'4"N 89°9'29"W
  • Morrisonville  39°25'12"N 89°27'20"W
  • Mosquito
  • Mt. Auburn  39°45'58"N 89°15'42"W
  • Niantic  39°51'14"N 89°9'58"W
  • Old Stonington  39°36'41"N 89°08'52"W
  • Osbernville  39°45'40"N 89°10'43"W
  • Owaneco   39°28'56"N 89°11'37"W
  • Palmer  39°27'28"N 89°24'14"W
  • Pana   39°23'N 89°5'W
  • Prairieton
  • Radford   9°34'39"N 89°2'4"W
  • Ricks
  • Roby   39°44'21"N 89°23'57"W
  • Rosamond   39°22'47"N 89°9'37"W
  • Sandersville  39°36'42"N 89°09'35"W
  • Sharpsburg   39°36'50"N 89°21'4"W
  • Sicily  39°35'24"N 89°29'28"W
  • South Fork
  • Stonington   39°38'24"N 89°11'34"W
  • Stonington Station  (historical - Section 33 of Stonington Township)
  • Taylorville   39°31'N 89°16'W
  • Toby Post Office  39°44'18"N 89°23'58"W
  • Tovey  39°35'20"N 89°27'22"W
  • Tovey Humphrey Station  39°35'23"N 89°27'18"W
  • Vanderville   39°25'31"N 89°17'51"W
  • Velma  39°30'53"N 89°13'57"W
  • Willeys   39°35'49"N 89°14'0"W
  • Willow Ford (historical)
  • Zenobia 39°31'43"N 89°32'1"W

Township
Latitude  
Longitude 
Major City 




Assumption 393057N 0890443W Assumption
Bear Creek 392842N 0892458W Morrisonville
Buckhart 393944N 0892010W Grove City
Greenwood 392359N 0891816W Clarksdale
Johnson 392902N 0891849W Clarksdale
King 392638N 0893014W Raymond NE
Locust 392851N 0891139W Owaneco
May 393354N 0891135W Willeys
Mosquito 394520N 0891145W Niantic
Mount Auburn 394351N 0891942W Grove City
Pana 392418N 0890449W Pana
Prairieton 393642N 0890501W Assumption
Ricks 392319N 0892531W Morrisonville
Rosamond 392323N 0891109W Owaneco
South Fork 393512N 0892721W Kincaid
Stonington 393925N 0891207W Stonington
Taylorville 393404N 0891904W Taylorville


Cemeteries
  • Achenback Lutheran Cemetery    39°33'14"N    89°25'45"W    Kincaid vicinity
  • Adams Cemetery    39°39'04"N    89°04'14"W    Macon West vicinity
  • Anderson Cemetery    39°29''14"N    89°20'13"W    Clarksdale vicinity
  • Anderson Cemetery    39°29''34"N    89°24'49"W    Morrisonville vicinity
  • Antioch Methodist Cemetery    39°21''42"N    89°19'34"W    Nokomis vicinity
  • Assumption Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Berea Christian Cemetery    39°48'03"N    89°09'15"W    Niantic vicinity
  • Bethany Cemetery    39°37'15"N    89°27'00"W    Kincaid vicinity
  • Bethel Baptist Cemetery    39°37'42"N    89°20'47"W    Grove City vicinity
  • Bilyeu Cemetery    39°37'31"N    89°05'00"W    Macon West vicinity
  • Blueville Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Brush Branch Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Brush Creek Cemetery    39°29''07"N    89°20'41"W    Clarksdale vicinity
  • Buckeye Cemetery    39°26''11"N    89°13'47"W    Owaneco vicinity
  • Buckhart Dutch Reform Cemetery    39°41'06"N    89°18'42"W    Grove City vicinity
  • Calvary Cemetery    39°23''17"N    89°07'02"W    Pana vicinity
  • Campbellite Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Carmen Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Center Grove Methodist Cemetery    39°22''16"N    89°19'16"W    Nokomis vicinity
  • Christian Poor Farm Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Cloyd Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Colewell Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Dalbey Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Darmer Cemetery    39°45'58"N    89°11'47"W    Niantic vicinity
  • Dodson Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Donner Cemetery    39°28''45"N    89°14'14"W    Owaneco vicinity
  • Durbin Cemetery    39°27''32"N    89°11'39°W    Owaneco vicinity
  • Durbin Cemetery    39°29''28"N    89°25'09"W    Morrisonville vicinity
  • Edinburg Cemetery    39°39'47"N    89°23'59"W    Edinburg vicinity
  • Fairview Methodist Cemetery    39°24''00"N    89°15'30"W    Clarksdale vicinity
  • Finley Cemetery    39°38'04"N    89°27'52"W    Edinburg vicinity
  • Fraley Cemetery    39°33'02"N    89°14'08"W    Willeys vicinity
  • Furrow Cemetery    39°44'40"N    89°25'10"W    Edinburg vicinity
  • Glen Haven Memorial Gardens    39°34'06"N    89°15'34"W    Taylorville vicinity
  • Goode Cemetery    39°36'43"N    89°22'35"W    Kincaid vicinity
  • Greenwood Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Grove City Methodist Cemetery    39°42'25"N    89°17'34"W    Grove City vicinity
  • Hannnon Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Harris Number 1 Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Harris Number 2 Cemetery    39°33'57"N    89°12'36"W    Willeys vicinity
  • Harvel Cemetery    39°20''59"N    89°31'31"W    Raymond vicinity
  • Hawk Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Hayes Cemetery    39°36'38"N    89°02'18"W    Assumption vicinity
  • Hinckle Cemetery    39°44'35"N    89°21'29"W    Grove City vicinity
  • Hunter Cemetery    39°46'58"N    89°13'15"W    Niantic vicinity
  • Jacobs Cemetery    39°37'54"N    89°03'03"W    Macon West vicinity
  • Kelsay Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Kettlecamp Methodist Cemetery    39°22''16"N    89°17'14"W    Nokomis vicinity
  • Langley Cemetery    39°33'45"N    89°21'31"W    Taylorville vicinity
  • Leachman Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Linwood Cemetery    39°22''53"N    89°03'03"W    Pana vicinity
  • Long Cemetery    39°33'17"N    89°08'49"W    Willeys vicinity
  • Millersville Cemetery    39°26''12"N    89°09'38"W    Owaneco vicinity
  • Milligan Cemetery    39°45'24"N    89°18'36"W    Mount Auburn vicinity
  • Morrisonville Cemetery    39°25''51"N    89°28'36"W    Morrisonville vicinity
  • Mound Cemetery    39°23''17"N    89°06'55"W    Pana vicinity
  • Mound Chapel United Brethen Cemetery    39°27''57"N    89°16'39°W    Clarksdale vicinity
  • Mount Auburn    39°46'15"N    89°15'44"W    Mount Auburn vicinity
  • Mount Zion Cemetery    39°40'11"N    89°14'21"W    Stonington vicinity
  • Neu Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Oak Hill Cemetery    39°32''28"N    89°17'15"W    Taylorville vicinity
  • Ohlman Cemetery    39°21''23"N    89°11'50"W    Ohlman vicinity
  • Old Stonington Cemetery    39°37'12"N    89°09'37"W    Willeys vicinity
  • Palmer Cemetery    39°27''15"N    89°25'39°W    Morrisonville vicinity
  • Pleasant View Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Ponting Cemetery    39°36'54"N    89°11'47"W    Willeys vicinity
  • Potters Field Cemetery    39°26''00"N    89°11'41"W    Owaneco vicinity
  • Ralston Primitive Baptist Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Ressler Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Rosamond Grove Cemetery    39°21''58"N    89°09'08"W    Ohlman vicinity
  • Saint Marys Cemetery    39°31''07"N    89°03'40"W    Assumption vicinity
  • Saint Maurice Catholic Cemetery    39°23''48"N    89°27'26"W    Morrisonville vicinity
  • Sanders Christian Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • South Fork Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Stafford Cemetery    39°46'43"N    89°11'45"W    Niantic vicinity
  • Stokes Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Tanner Cemetery    39°35'48"N    89°12'20"W    Willeys vicinity
  • Tovey Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Twin Pines Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Williams Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Workman Cemetery    Unknown vicinity
  • Young Cemetery    39°31''46"N    89°18'23"W    Taylorville vicinity

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Obituaries

Biographies from "Portrait and biographical record of Christian County, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and   representative citizens, together with biographies of all the Governors of the state, and of the Presidents of the United States."  Chicago, Ill. : Lake City Pub. Co., 1893. Transcribed and annotated by Judy Rosella Edwards, © 2007. 		Churches in Christian County The Restoration Movement in Illinois: Christian County. Text from Nathaniel S. Haynes, History of the Disciples in Illinois 1819-1914, pages 135 - 139.Transcribed by K. Torp

CHURCHES

Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church  39°33'00"N   89°17'19"W   Taylorville

Assumption Christian Church  39°31''13"N   89°03'05"W   Assumption

Berea Church  39°48'01"N   89°09'20"W   Niantic

Bethany Church (historical)  39°37'16"N   89°27'00"W   Kincaid

Bethel Church  39°37'44"N   89°20'43"W   Grove City

Bible Baptist Church  39°23''36"N   89°04'49"W   Pana

Buckeye Church  39°27''02"N   89°14'00"W   Owaneco

Calvary Baptist Church  39°33'36"N   89°18'03"W   Taylorville

Calvary Baptist Church  39°23''22"N   89°05'07"W   Pana

Christian Church of Niantic Broadway at Montgomery

Church of Christ  39°32''39°N   89°18'08"W   Taylorville

Church of the Nazarene  39°32''50"N   89°18'06"W   Taylorville

Church of the Nazarene  39°38'21"N   89°11'22"W   Stonington

Davis Memorial Christian Church  39°32''49"N   89°18'53"W   Taylorville

Evangelical Free Church 39°32''48"N   89°17'47"W   Taylorville

Fairview Church  39°24''00"N   89°15'29"W   Clarksdale

First Assembly of God Church  39°23''14"N   89°04'09"W   Pana

First Baptist Church  39°32''55"N   89°17'31"W   Taylorville

First Baptist Church  39°23''15"N   89°04'39°W   Pana

First Baptist Church  39°25''24"N   89°27'26"W   Morrisonville

First Church of the Nazarene  39°23''17"N   89°04'49"W   Pana

First Congregational Church of Rosamond (historical) Pana

First General Baptist Church  39°23''22"N   89°04'36"W   Pana

First Presbyterian Church  39°32''50"N   89°17'38"W   Taylorville

First United Methodist Church  39°32''53"N   89°17'36"W   Taylorville

First United Methodist Church  39°22''55"N   89°04'49"W   Pana

First United Methodist Church  39°31''17"N   89°03'03"W   Assumption

First United Presbyterian Church  39°23''19"N   89°04'44"W   Pana

Free Methodist Church  39°32''41"N   89°18'08"W   Taylorville

Free Methodist Church  39°23''16"N   89°05'20"W   Pana

Holy Trinity Catholic Church  39°38'13"N   89°11'20"W   Stonington

Joy Assembly Church  39°38'16"N   89°11'30"W   Stonington

Kincaid Baptist Church  39°35'16"N   89°24'49"W   Kincaid

Kingdom Hall  39°33'03"N   89°14'44"W   Willeys

Liberty Mosquito Church  39°41'57"N   89°15'40"W   Grove City

Life Tabernacle Church  39°33'18"N   89°17'12"W   Taylorville

Memorial Presbyterian Church  39°31''17"N   89°02'49"W   Assumption

Mound Chapel (historical)  39°27''56"N   89°16'40"W   Clarksdale

New Hope Assembly of God Church  39°33'53"N   89°18'03"W   Taylorville

Old Stonington Church  39°36'41"N   89°08'55"W   Willeys

Pana Christian Church  39°22''57"N   89°04'01"W   Pana

Pleasant Hill Church (historical)  39°35'49"N   89°29'51"W   Kincaid

Providence Church  39°28''47"N   89°17'31"W   Clarksdale

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints  39°33'33"N   89°17'30"W   Taylorville

Saint Johns United Church of Christ  39°23''14"N   89°04'44"W   Pana

Saint Marys Catholic Church  39°32''46"N   89°17'42"W   Taylorville

Saint Marys Catholic Church  39°31''02"N   89°03'34"W   Assumption

Saint Maurice Catholic Church  39°24''53"N   89°27'08"W   Morrisonville

Saint Paul Lutheran Church  39°23''11"N   89°04'48"W   Pana

South Fork United Methodist Church  39°21''50"N   89°15'54"W   Nokomis

Stonington United Methodist Church  39°38'21"N   89°11'18"W   Stonington

Taylorville Christian Church  39°33'42"N   89°17'44"W   Taylorville

Taylorville Southern Baptist Church  39°33'39°N   89°17'53"W   Taylorville

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints  39°23''09"N   89°05'31"W   Pana

Trinity Lutheran Church  39°33'34"N   89°17'49"W   Taylorville

United Methodist Church of Morrisonville  39°25''14"N   89°27'26"W   Morrisonville

  
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Christian County Convicts in the Joliet Prison

Helpful Aids

Christian County Courthouse

P.O. Box 647

Taylorville, IL 62568

County Clerk - (217) 824-4969

Circuit Clerk - (217) 824-4966

Recorder - (217) 824-4960 or 824-4969

IRAD Depository

LIB 144

University of Illinois at Springfield

One University Plaza, MS BRK 140

Springfield IL 62703-5407

(217) 206-6520

Christian County Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 28

Taylorville, Illinois 62568-0028

Assumption Public Library

131 North Chestnut

PO Box 227

Assumption, IL 62510-0227

Illinois State Archives

Margaret Cross Norton Building

Capitol Complex

Springfield, IL 62756

Phone: 217.782.4682

FAX: 217.524.3930

Illinois State Historical Library

Old State Capitol

Springfield, IL 62701

Phone: 217.524.7216


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Cemeteries:                        Oak Hill Cemetery - Taylorville, Illinois

Military:                                War War II Casualties from Christian County - Illinois Genealogy Trails Site

Marriages:                           Illinois Statewide Marriage Index

Deaths:                                Illinois Statewide Death Index 1916-1950

Land Sales:                            - Federal Township Plats of Illinois

- Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales DataBase

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