OLD TOWNS OF ILLINOIS L ~ R
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 |
| L Towns | ||
| LaGrange | Brown, vacated 1845 | . |
| Lake View | Cook | Annexed to Chicago. |
| Lancaster | Henderson, vacated | . |
| Lancaster | Henry, vacated, 1841 | . |
| Lane | Ogle | Rochelle |
| Lapier | Knox | With Walnut Grove to form Altona |
| Laurel Hill | Fulton | Table Grove |
| Lawndale | Cook | In Chicago |
| Leesburg | Montgomery | Zanesville |
| Liberty | Morgan, vacated 1845 | . |
| Liberty | Randolph | Rockwood |
| Little Fort | Lake | Waukegan |
| Littleville | McLean, vacated 1853 | . |
| Livingston | Bureau, part vacated | Balance annexed to Dover |
| Lodi | Kane | Maple Park |
| Lower Guilford | Calhoun, vacated 1853 | |
| Lysander | Winnebago | Pecatonica |
| M Towns | ||
| Macedonia | Hancock | Webster |
| Mantua | Woodford | Washburn |
| Mechanicsburg | St. Clair | Mascoutah |
| Melrose | Clark | Melrose Park |
| Middletown | Hamilton, vacated | . |
| Middletown | McDonough | Young |
| Middletown | Marion | Iuka |
| Middletown | Will, vacated | . |
| Midway | Edgar | Kansas |
| Milton | Coles | Humboldt |
| Mt. Pleasant | DeWitt | Farmer City |
| Munroeville | Henry, vacated 1865 | . |
| N Towns | ||
| New Albany | Coles | Camargo |
| Newburgb | Macoupin | Cummington |
| New Bremen | Hamilton, vacated | . |
| New Hartford | Macoupin, vacated | . |
| New Lexington | Morgan | Arcadia |
| New Liberty | Jasper | Liberty Hill |
| New Quebec | Rock Island, vacated 1845 | ..... |
| New Rutland | LaSalle | Rutland |
| New Salem | Edwards | West Salem |
| New Swansea | St. Clair | Swansea |
| Ninewa | LaSalle | In Peru |
| North Bloomington | McLean | Normal |
| North Dixon | Lee | In Dixon |
| North Kankakee | Kankakee | With Bradley City to form Bradley. |
| Norwood Park | Cook | In Chicago |
| Noyesville | Cook | Formerly Oak Ridge, Harlem, now Oak Park. |
| O Towns | ||
| Oak Ridge | Cook | Noyesville, Harlem now Oak Park |
| Ogle Station | Lee | Ashton |
| Old Caledonia | Pulaski, vacated 1861 | . |
| Oneida | McLean, vacated 1855 | . |
| Oporto | Lee, vacated 1853 | now in Dixon. |
| Osceola | Stark, vacated 1855 | . |
| P Towns | ||
| Pecatonica | Winnebago | Rockton |
| Peru | McLean, vacated 1839 | . |
| Peru | Union, vacated 1857 | . |
| Pittsburgh | Jersey, vacated, 1853 | . |
| Pleasantville | Fulton | Ipava |
| Port Clinton | Lake | Highland Park |
| Portland | Cook | Blue Island |
| Postville | Logan | In Lincoln |
| Prospect City | Ford | Paxton |
| R Towns | ||
| Rand | Cook | Des Plaines |
| Randall | Knox | East Galesburg |
| Randolph | Jersey, vacated 1853 | . |
| Rantoul | Marion | Alma |
| Rapids City | Whiteside, vacated | . |
| Ravenswood | Cook | In Chicago |
| Reedfield | Pike, vacated 1843 | . |
| Richmond | Washington | Richview |
| Ridgeville | Cook | Evanston |
| Rienzi | Sangamon, vacated 1851 | . |
| Rock Island City | Rock Island, vacated 1843 | . |
| Rogers Park | Cook | Annexed to Chicago |
| Romeo | Will, vacated 1845 | . |
| Rushton | Schuyler | Rushville |
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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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