NAME OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT		FORM OF GOVERNMENT	DATE ESTABLISHED	FORMERLY KNOWN AS	COMMENT	LOCATION
Arena	Seven Hickory				became Fairgrange
Arno			Plat filed for record March 14, 1855		Owner: David A. NEAL.	Located on S. W. 1/4 of Sec. 31-13-8.
Ashmore		M-VILLAGE	Plat filed for record February 24, 1855		Owners: H. J. ASHMORE and James D. AUSTIN	Located on N. 1/2 of Sec. 31-13-11
ASHMORE		TOWNSHIP	Nov. 8, 1859
Bushton			Plat filed for record December 13, 1882.		Owners: David BUSH and John BUSH	Located on N. W. 1/4 of N. W. 1/4 of Sec. 7-13-10.
St Omer
Campbell	Pleasant Grove				had P. O.	Sec 16
Cutler's Settlement	Ashmore Twp				forerunner to St. Omer
Charleston		M-CITY	Plat filed for record June 4, 1831			Located on part of the W. 1/2 of the S. W. 1/4 of Sec. 11-12-9
CHARLESTON		TOWNSHIP	Nov. 8, 1859
Clara				Dorans
Coles			Plat filed for record October 12, 1872		Owner: Dexter S. D. DOLE	Located on S. W. Corner Sec. 31-13-7
COLES		COUNTY	Dec 25, 1830
Cooks Mills	North Okaw					Sec 15
Cutlersville	Morgan		1860		never platted
Diona	Pleasant Grove					Sec 24, on Cumberland Co. border
Dorans				Clara		Sec 20
EAST OAKLAND		TOWNSHIP	Nov. 8, 1859	OAKLAND (CHANGED May 7, 1860)
Etna	Paradise		Plat filed for record August 20, 1860		Owners: Daniel R. BLAND and Richard SAYER	Located on part of N. E. 1/4 of the N. E. 1/4 of Sec. 21 and part of S. E. 1/4 of S. E. 1/4 of Sec. 16-11-7
Fairgrange	Seven Hickory		Plat filed for record November 10, 1883	Arena	Owners: A.B. TRIMBLE, J. C. BABBS and J.B. GRAY	Located on S. E. 1/4 of the S. W. 1/4 of Sec. 11-13-9
Farmington	Pleasant Grove		Plat filed for record May 1, 1852	combined with Campbell, but better known	Owner: John J. ADAMS	Located on N. W. 1/4 of S. W. 1/4 of Sec. 16-11-9
Hitesville			Plat filed for record May 21, 1835		Owner: James HITE	Located on part of the N. 1/2 of the N. E. 1/4 of Sec. 9-12-1
Humboldt		M-VILLAGE		MILTON
HUMBOLDT		TOWNSHIP	Nov. 8, 1859	MILTON (CHANGED May 7, 1860)
HUTTON		TOWNSHIP	Nov. 8, 1859			Sec. 10
Independence	East Oakland		Plat filed for record May 21, 1835	merged with Oakland, 1855		Located on the S. E. 1/4 of the S. E. 1/4 of Sec. 13-14-10 Post Office - 1833
Janesville	Pleasant Grove		Plat filed for record April 29, 1879.		Owner: John FURRY	Located on S. E. 1/4 of S. W. 1/4 of Sec. 19-11-9 Cumberland Co border
LAFAYETTE		TOWNSHIP	Nov. 8, 1859		Owner: Gideon M. ASHMORE
Lerna	Pleasant Grove	M-VILLAGE	Plat filed for record November 28, 1882		Owner: Azariah JEFFRIES Lerna once had a thousand residents	Located on N. E. 1/4 of N. E. 1/4 of Sec. 10-11-8
Liberty			Plat filed for record August 18, 1836		Owners: James CLARK, Arthur JOHNSON and Solomon BOYER	Located on S. W. Cor. Sec. 18 and N. W. Cor. Sec. 19-13-11
Loxa	Lafayette					Sec 12
Magnet	Mattoon					Sec 35
Mattoon		M-CITY	Plat filed for record October 13, 1855		Owners: Charles Floyd JONES, Davis CARPENTER, JR., Usher F. LINDER, Ebenezer NOYES, James T. CUNNINGHAM, Stephen D. DOLE, John CUNNINGHAM, John L. ALLISON, Elisha LINDER, H. Q. SANDERSON, Harrison MESSER, Samuel B. RICHARDSON, William B. TUELL and Josiah HUNT	Located on Sec. 13-12-7
MATTOON		TOWNSHIP	Nov. 8, 1859
Middleton			Plat filed for record August 11, 1836		Owners: Christian SOUSELY and Christopher GROVES	Located about the middle of Sec. 35-13-10
Milton			Plat filed for record March 4, 1859.	(CHANGED to Humboldt)	Owner: A.A. SUTHERLAND	Located on part of the S. W. 1/4 of the N. W. 1/4 of Sec. 4-13-8
MORGAN		TOWNSHIP	Nov. 8, 1859
NORTH OKAW		TOWNSHIP	Nov. 8, 1859	OKAW (CHANGED MAY 7 1860)
Oakland	East Oakland	M-CITY		INDEPENDENCE
Paradise	Paradise		Plat filed for record August 26, 1836 & Plat filed for record March 30, 1837		Owner: Charles SAWYER  Owners: Miles W. HART and Thomas BRINEGAR	Located on part of the S. E. 1/4 of the N. W. 14 of Sec. 33-12-7 on the State Road Located on N.E. 1/4 of S. E. 1/4 of Sec. 8-11-7, on Palestine and Shelbyville Road.
PARADISE		TOWNSHIP	Nov. 8, 1859			Located on part of the S. E. 1/4 of the N. W. 14 of Sec. 33-12-7 on the State Road
PLEASANT GROVE		TOWNSHIP	Nov. 8, 1859
Rardin	Morgan		Plat filed for record June 22, 1882		Owners: John H. RARDIN, Nancy RARDIN, John T. TAYLOR and Mary E. TAYLOR	Located on part of Lots 1 and 2 in E. 1/2 of N. E. 1/4 of Sec. 5-13-10.
Richmond			Plat filed for record August 27, 1836		Owner: John HOUCHIN	Located at junction of State Road with Secs. 27 and 34-12-7
Salsbury			Plat filed for record January 15, 1838	(became Hutton)	Owners: John HULEN and George K. HARRIS	Located on N. E. 1/4 of S. E. 1/4 of Sec. 9-11-10
SEVEN HICKORY		TOWNSHIP	Nov. 8, 1859	HICKORY (Changed May 7, 1860)
St Omer	Ashmore		Plat filed for record September 5, 1854		Had Post Office. Neighborhood still known as St Omer Owner: J. W. HOGE	Located on S. W. Corner of W. 1/2 of S. E. 1/4 of Sec. 24-13-10
Stockton			Plat filed for record February 8, 1864	(became Loxa)	Owner: B. F. JONES	Located on N. W. 1/4 of the S. W. 1/4 of Sec. 12-12-8.
Trilla	Pleasant Grove		Plat filed for record August 23, 1882.		Owner: Jacob FICKES	Located on S. W. 1/4 of the S. E. 1/4 of Sec. 19-11-8.

Sources for this information: 1905 Coles County History, GNIS, Erik Conard