OLD TOWNS OF ILLINOIS A~ C
By W. D. Barge
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n 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 |
| Allin | McLean | Stanford |
| America | Pulaski, vacated 1861 | |
| Amity | Bond | Pocahontas |
| Appletion | Perry | Smith's Addition of Tamaroa |
| Argyle Park | Cook | In Chicago |
| Athens | St. Clair | New Athens |
| Auburn | Tazewell, vacated 1839 | |
| Auburn Park | Cook | In Chicago |
| Augusta | Pike | Florence |
| Avondale | Cook | In Chicago |
| B Towns | ||
| Baden | Clinton | New Baden |
| Bainbridge | Williamson, vacated 1847 | |
| Bates | Sangamon, vacated 1867 | |
| Benton | Sangamon, vacated 1857 | |
| Benton | Sangamon | Williamson |
| Berlin | Mercer | Swedona |
| Berrian | Henry | Kewanee |
| Beverly Hills | Cook | In Chicago |
| Blackberry Station | Kane | Elburn |
| Blue Town | Tazewell | Hilton |
| Bluffdale | ||
| Bourbon | Green, Vacated | |
| Boonville | Pike, vacated, 1836 | |
| Bourbonnais Grove | Kankakee | Merged with Kankakee, named same |
| Bowensburg | Hancock | |
| Bowmanville | Cook | In Chicago |
| Bowling Green | Warren | |
| Bradley City | Kankakee | Merged with North Kankakee, formed Bradley |
| Bridgeport | Cook | In Chicago |
| Brighton Park | Cook | In Chicago |
| Bristol | Marshall, vacated 1840 | |
| Brookline | Cook | In Chicago |
| Brooklyn | Massac | Brookport |
| Brooklyn | St. Clair, vacated1845 | |
| Broughton | Effingham | In Effingham |
| Brownsville | Jackson, vacated | |
| Brussels | Scott, vacated 1847 | |
| Buena Park | Cook | In Chicago |
| Burnside | Cook | In Chicago |
| Butler | Winnebago | Cherry Valley |
| Byron | Fulton, vacated | |
| C Towns | ||
| Caledonia | Peoria, vacated 1839 | |
| Caledonia | Putnam, vacated 1841 | |
| Calhoun | Sangamon | In Springfield |
| Caloma | Washington | Dubois |
| Camden | Logan | Postville, now Lincoln |
| Camden Mills | Rock Island | Milan |
| Canalport | Cook | In Chicago |
| Carbonia | LaSalle | Ottawa |
| Carroll | Greene, vacated 1845 | |
| Carroll | Warren, vacated 1845 | |
| Carthage | Monroe | Harrisonville 1816 |
| Caryford | Clark, vacated 1857 | |
| Centreville | Fulton | Cuba |
| Centreville | McHenry | Woodstock |
| Centreville | St. Clair | Millstadt |
| Centreville | Schuyler | Ripley |
| Charleston | Kane | St. Charles |
| Chatham | Whiteside | With Harrisburg to form Sterling |
| Chester | Randolph | In part Menard |
| Chicago Lawn | Cook | In Chicago |
| Chillicothe | Vermilion | With Dallas to form Indianola |
| Cicero | Sangamon, vacated 1845 | |
| Cincinnati | Tazewell | In Perkin |
| Clarksville | McDonough | Sciota |
| Cleaverville | Cook | In Chicago |
| Clement | Clinton | Huey |
| Clintonville | Kane | South Elgin |
| Columbia | Marshall | Lacon |
| Concord | McLean | Danvers |
| Concord | Putnam, vacated 1810 | |
| Cottage Grove | Cook, vacated 1840 | |
| Cottage Hill | DuPage | Elmhurst |
| Coulterville | Randolph | Grand Cote, Act of March 30, 1869 |
| Cragin | Cook | In Chicago |
~ 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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