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County Quick Reference

County Seat: Sarahsville

County Name: Named for Nathaniel Pope, Secretary of the Illinois Territory.

 
Boundary Changes
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Date
Area
Change
01 APR 1816714Created from Gallatin and Johnson counties
26 DEC 1816778Gained land from Gallatin County
02 JAN 1818597Lost land to Johnson County
   

 

 

Authority
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1816An Act to erect a new county out of the counties of Gallatin and Johnson
  
1816An Act to alter a part of the lines between the counties of Gallatin and Pope
  
1818An Act adding a part of Pope county to Johnson, and forming a new county out of Johnson county
  


Background
(general information on the area to put it in the context of history)

Pope County was formed on 01 April 1816 by Territorial Law [click here for more information]. The county's boundaries remained unchanged before statehood.

The following map shows the original size of the county at its founding (in red with yellow border) superimposed on a modern map.


Pope County in 1816

 

Census
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DatePopulationChange
18181,944---


Bibliography
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  • The Biographical review of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin counties, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, also biographies of the presidents of the United States. Chicago : Biographical Publishing Co., 1893.
  • Allen, John Willis. Pope County notes. Carbondale : Museum of Natural and Social Sciences, Southern Illinois University, 1949.
  • Annable, Edward L. Belford Descendants of Pope County Illinois, 1800-1900. Jonesboro, Ill. (564 N. Main St., Jonesboro 62952 ; 618-883-4170): E.L. Annable, 1992.
  • Bowman, Faye Morris. Rock Community in Pope County, Illinois : Early 1800's - 2001. 1 vols. Eldorado, Ill.: Rocky's Advanced Printing, 2001.
  • Bowman, Faye Morris. Pope County, Illinois, 1985 History. Illinois?: F.M. Bowman, 2003.
  • Bowman, Faye Morris. Obituaries & News, 1928, Pope County, Il. Eldorado, IL: Rocky's Printing, 2004.
  • Crisp, C. A. 1858-1899 Pope County, Illinois Death Notices and Obituaries. Illinois?: C.A. Crisp : Printed by Red Derby Printing, 2009.
  • Crisp, C. A. Pope County, Illinois Obituaries, 1930. Illinois?: C.A. Crisp : Printed by Red Derby Printing, 2009.
  • Pope County Historical Society. Pope County, Illinois 1986 : History and Families, 1816-1986, Pope County, Illinois. Golconda, Ill. Paducah, Ky.: Pope County Historical Society ; Turner Pub. Co., 1986.
  • Sistler, Byron. Grandfather Was Always a Very Old Man : A History of the Sitzlers of East Tennessee, the Sistlers and Sitchlers, and the Gibsons and Rexers of Pope County, Illinois. Evanston, Ill.: Sistler, 1971.
  • Waters, Loraine and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Museum of Natural and Social Sciences. "Historical Pictorial Map of Pope County, Illinois." Carbondale, Ill.: Historical Division of S.I.U. Museum, 1949.
  • Wilkey, Harry L. The Story of a Little Town a History of Paloma, Illinois. microform Microfilm. Illinois?: W.A. Shanholtzer printer, 1934.
  • Young, John C. Descendants of Francis and James Glass of Pope County, Illinois. Marissa, Ill.: s.n., 1975.
 
Related Content
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Frame 0059: Pope County, Page 120

published by Matthew L. Helm on Wed, 06/26/2013 - 15:25

Census of Illinois Territory, 1818, Pope County

published by Matthew L. Helm on Tue, 06/25/2013 - 18:15
The census covers Pope county. The census includes name of county and for each household name of head of household, numbers of free white males twenty-one years of age or older, other white inhabitants, free Negroes and mulattoes, and servants and slaves.

An Act adding a part of Pope county to Johnson, and forming a new county out of Johnson county, 1818

published by Matthew L. Helm on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 08:22

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Illinois territory, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the boundary lines of Johnson county,
shall hereafter be as follows, to-wit : Beginning on the range line, between ranges four and five, east of the third principal meridian, at the corner between townships ten and eleven, south of the base line ; thence south along the said range line to the Ohio river ; thence down along the Ohio river, to where the range line between ranges one and two east intersects the said river ; thence north along the said range line to the corner of townships ten and eleven south; thence east along the township line, between townships ten and eleven, south to the beginning. And that all that part of Pope county, which is included within the said boundary, shall hereafter be attached to and form a part of Johnson county

An Act to alter a part of the lines between the counties of Gallatin and Pope, 1816

published by Matthew L. Helm on Sun, 06/16/2013 - 21:40

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Illinois territory, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That the line dividing the counties of Gallatin and Pope, as established by the act passed at the last session of the general assembly, entitled an act to erect a new county out of the counties of Gallatin and Johnson, be, and the same is hereby altered as fol- lows, to wit : Beginning at the Rock and Cave on the Ohio river, thence a straight line to the corner of townships number ten and eleven south,

An Act to erect a new county out of the counties of Gallatin and Johnson, 1816

published by Matthew L. Helm on Sun, 06/16/2013 - 20:46

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Illinois Territory, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all that tract of country situate and lying within the following bounds, to-wit : Beginning on the Ohio river where the meridian line leaves it that divide ranges number three and four, east of the third principal meridian ; thence north to the township line, dividing township ten and eleven south ; thence east eighteen miles ; thence to that point on the Ohio where the line dividing range eight and nine leaves it ; thence down the same to the beginning, shall constitute a separate county, to be called and known by the name of Pope

 

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