OLD TOWNS OF ILLINOIS D ~ G
By W. D. Barge
In reading the various books containing information of our State, it was noticed
that the names of many of the towns had been changed, and that some of the towns
had ceased to exist. Many of them were mere town sites, and others were towns
under the township organization law. The following is a copy of my list of the
changes.
The list is not complete. It contains errors, the great majority of which are
due to the faulty printing of the State edition of our statutes.
It is hoped that the list will be of service to those who want to know something more of our State:
~ A-C ~ D-G ~ H-K ~ L-R ~ S-W ~
| Old County | County | New Name |
| D Towns | ||
| Dallas | Vermilion | With Chillicothe to form Indianola |
| Danby | DuPage | Prospect Park, now Glen Ellyn |
| Danforth | Tazewell | Tullamore |
| Dauphin Park | Cook | In Chicago |
| Delavan | Fulton, vacated | |
| Dement | Ogle | Creston |
| Dunlieth | JoDaviess | East Dubuque |
| E Towns | ||
| East Burlington | Henderson, vacated 1857 | |
| East Washington Hts. | Cook | In Chicago |
| Edgebrook | Cook | In Chicago |
| Egandale | Cook | In Chicago |
| Eggleston | Cook | In Chicago |
| Ellsworth | LaSalle | Lostant |
| Elyda | Winnebago | Winnebago |
| Emporium City | Pulaski | Mound City |
| Englewood | Cook | In Chicago |
| Enterprise | LaSalle, vacated 1845 | |
| F Towns | ||
| Fairfield | Adams | Mendon |
| Fairfield | Pike | Pleasant Hill |
| Fairmont | Bureau, vacated 1840. | |
| Farnamsburg | Rock Island | In Rock Island |
| Florence | Ogle | Oregon |
| Florence | White | Grayville |
| Forest Glen | Cook | In Chicago |
| Franklin | Pike, vacated 1855 | |
| G Towns | ||
| Gainesville | Marion | Now Haltslaw's addition' to Central City |
| Galewood | Cook | In Chicago |
| Gano | Cook | In Chicago |
| Garfield | Cook | In Chicago |
| Gassville | Jackson | Sato |
| Geneva | Warren | Bedford |
| Georgetown | Kendall | Newark |
| Germantown | LaSalle, vacated 1861 | |
| Glascoe | Peoria | Glasford |
| Grand Cote | Randolph | Coulterville, Act of April 15, 1869. |
| Grand Crossing | Cook | In Chicago |
| Granville | Jasper | Tennerytown |
| Grayland | Cook | In Chicago |
| Greenfield | Bureau | LaMoille |
| Greenfield | Warren | Greenbush |
| Greensburg | Menard, vacated 1845 | |
~ A-C ~ D-G ~ H-K ~ L-R ~ S-W ~
Source: Publication Number Seventeen Of The Illinois State Historical Library Transactions Of The Illinois State Historical Society, For The Year 1912 May 23 and 24, 1912, 1914
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