OLD TOWNS OF ILLINOIS H ~ K
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 Name | County | New Name |
| H Towns | ||
| Haldane | Ogle | Campus |
| Hanno | Lee | Sublette |
| Hanovor | Woodford | Metamora |
| Harlem | Cook | Formerly Oakridge, then Harlem, then Noyesville, to Oak Park |
| Harrison | Stephenson | Cedarville |
| Harrisonville | Knox | Hermon |
| Hartford | Adams, vacated 1853. | . |
| High Ridge | Cook | In Chicago |
| Hilton | Tazewell | East Peoria |
| Hollidaysburg | Greene | Kane |
| Holstein | Cook | In Chicago |
| Houston | Bond | Mulberry Grove |
| Howlett | Sangamon | With Jamestown to form Riverton |
| Howard | Winnebago | Durand |
| Hudson | Peoria, vacated 1839 | . |
| Hyde Park | Cook | Annexed to Chicago |
| I Towns | ||
| Illinois City | Rock Island, Vacated 1845 | . |
| Illinois City | Whiteside, part vacated | Balance named Uniontown |
| Illinoistown | St. Clair | East St. Louis |
| Independence | Coles | Oakland |
| Indiantown | Bureau | With Windsor formed Tiskilwa |
| Iowa | Perry, vacated 1811 | . |
| Irondale | Cook | In Chicago |
| Irving Park | Cook | In Chicago |
| J Towns | ||
| Jamestown | Sangamon | With Howlett to form Riverton. |
| Jefferson | Cook | Annexed to Chicago |
| Jefferson | Kane | Oak Park, 1849 |
| Jo Duncan | Hancock, vacated | |
| Juliet | Will | Joliet |
| Junction | DuPage | Turner, now West Chicago |
| K Towns | ||
| Kankakee | Grundy, Vacated 1855 | . |
| Kankakee Depot | Kankakee | With Bourbonnais Grove formed Kankakee. |
| Kensington | Cook | In Chicago |
| Keokuk Junction | Adams | Golden |
| Keokuk Mills | Peoria, vacated 1847 | . |
| Kinnorwood | Bureau, vacated 1845 | . |
| Koerner | Clark, vacated 1857 | . |
~ 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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