OLD TOWNS OF ILLINOIS S ~ W
By W. D. Barge
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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:
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| Old Name | County | New Name |
| S Towns | ||
| St. Louis | Pike, vacated 1855 | . |
| Salu | Madison | Upper Alton |
| Sangamontown | Sangamon, vacated, 1845 | . |
| Sarahsville | Pope | Golconda |
| Saratoga | Union | Western Saratoga |
| Savannah | Iroquois, vacated 1839 | . |
| Savannah | Warren | Cold Brook |
| Selma | Wabash | Mt. Carmel |
| Sewardsville | McDonough, vacated 1847 | . |
| Shepherdstown | Vermilion, vacated 1840 | . |
| Sheridan | McDonough | Goodhope |
| Sherman | Bureau | Depue |
| South Middleport | Iroquois | Watseka |
| South Pass | Union | Cobden |
| South Peoria | Peoria | In Peoria |
| Stephenson | Rock Island | Rock Island |
| Steuben | Randolph | Shiloh Hill |
| Sumner | McHenry, vacated | . |
| Sutton | Hancock | Bentley |
| T Towns | ||
| Tazewell | Woodford | Spring Bay |
| Thatcher | Cook | River Forest |
| Tioga City | Hancock | In Warsaw |
| Trenton | Bureau | Sherman |
| U Towns | ||
| Uniontown | Woodford | Mantua, Washburn |
| Urbana | St. Clair | Freiburg |
| V Towns | ||
| Velasco | Pike, vacated | |
| Venus | Hancock, vacated 1835 | |
| Victoria | White | Phillipstown |
| Vienna | Fulton | Astoria |
| W Towns | ||
| Walnut Grove | Knox | With Lapier to form Altona |
| Wapello | JoDaviess | Hanover |
| Washington | Fulton, vacated 1840 | |
| Washington Heights | Cook | In Chicago |
| West Peoria | Peoria | In Peoria |
~ 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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