Welcome to Calhoun County, Illinois Genealogy and History

County Seats       1825–1847: Gilead 1847:Hamburg (Temporary) 1847:Hardin (Present) Present,Parts or Formerly included in:       1821–1825: Pike 1812–1821: Madison 1795–1812: St. Clair Precincts       VIEW PRECINCT MAP Belleview Carlin Crater Gilead Hamburg Hardin Point Richwood       Towns and Cities       Batchtown Beechville Belleview Birch Island Brussels Centerville Cliffdale Conrad Deer Plain Gilead Golden Eagle Hamburg Hardin Hastings Landing Kampsville Kritesville Marshall Landing Meppen Michael Mozier Mozier Landing Star City The Crossroads Turner Landing Winneberger       County Facts        Established January 10, 1825 Named for John C. Calhoun, a lawyer and statesman, Representive in Congress and United States Senator from South Carolina, Secretary of War under Monroe, Vice-President of the United States, and Secretary of State under Tyler, and was recognized as the "Father of Nullification".

Welcome to Calhoun County, Illinois Genealogy and History       presented by Illinois Genealogy Trails Volunteers working to put free historical data online. This county website is available for adoption! If interested in joining Genealogy Trails, view our Volunteer Information page and email Kim. We gratefully accept contributions of raw data such as census information, marriage/birth/death records, obituaries, county histories, biographies, old newspaper items anything that would help someone build their family tree!! Feel free to email us with your data contributions - every little bit helps. We regret that we are unable to do personal research for you. If you need help starting with your Illinois research, please visit our Research Page  ~~Online Data~~ BIOGRAPHIES BIRTHS CEMETERIES CENSUS CHURCHES COUNTY RECORDS DEATHS LAND RECORDS LOCAL INFO/HISTORY MARRIAGES MILITARY NEWS ARTICLES OBITUARIES SCHOOLS WILLS/PROBATES Website Updates: Apr 2013:  obit for RICH Oct 2012: obits for WEBB, BLACKORBY Aug 2012: Obits for OTTWELL, ODEN, QUILLER Feb 2012: Licensed Physicians prior to 1912 (Under County Records) June 2011: 1883 Pensioners on the roll; Fox Creek Cemetery Apr 2011: ANSELL, GRIMES, BURGE, BURNS obits Mar 2011: SESSLER obit Feb 2011: PRATHER obit Jan 2011: Obits for KUCK, EHRET, QUILLER, HIRST, WEBB; CALVEY Dec 2010: POORE obit June 2010: BANKER obit Apr 2010: 1850 and 1860 Mortality Schedules; Obits for PUTERBAUGH, SUHLING, FOSTER Feb 2010: BUCHANAN, FORD, SUHLING obits Nov 2009: DELONG and WINKLER obits Oct 2009: many CLENDENNY obits Sep 2008: BARRY obit 26 Jun 2008: Ingle Cemetery 17 Jun 2008: Aderton Cemetery Search The State Of Illinois (Or Search All Of the Genealogy Trails Main Pages here) State Selection: AL AK AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY advanced search powered by FreeFind

Helpful Addresses       Calhoun County Courthouse P.O. Box 187 Hardin, Il 62047 (Recorder) 618-576-2351 (County Clerk) 618-576-2351 (Circuit Clerk) 618-576-2451 Subscribe to the Illinois Genealogy Trails Mailing List to be notified of updates to this website and our other county websites. Illinois Genealogy Trails Main Website Data       Illinois Genealogy Trails Military Data Revolutionary, War of 1812, Civil War, War War II, Korean War and more Illinois Genealogy Trails Census Census data currently online for all of our counties Illinois State Data Contains history, maps, Convict Register and more! Illinois Events Contains Data on Epidemics, Slavery, Events, etc.       Neighboring Counties Pike Greene * Jersey Scott * *Available for adoption Illinois County Selection Map Visit our Illinois State Page  Visit our National Site Research Help Volunteer Information Counties that are available for adoption and instructions       Thanks for Visiting! Thanks to Koni Proctor for the lovely page design!!! ©Genealogy Trails Submitters retain all copyrights.