
Prairies of Illinois
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NAME OF PRAIRIE |
COUNTY LOCATED IN |
LOCATION |
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Allen's |
Greene |
12 miles NE of Carrolton |
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Allison's |
Lawrence |
5 miles NE of Lawrenceville- 10 miles long and 5 miles wide |
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Apple Creek |
Greene |
north of Apple Creek- 10 miles long 2-4 miles wide |
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Arm of the Grand |
Jefferson |
8 miles NE of Mt Vernon |
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Barney's |
Wabash |
7 miles north of Mt Carmel |
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Bear |
Wayne |
5 miles E of Fairfield--small |
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Bellview |
Calhoun |
Ill River bottoms-6miles long, 1 mile wide |
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Big Mound |
Wayne |
5 miles W of Fairfield- 3 miles long |
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Big |
White |
between Little and Big Wabash Rivers |
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Big |
Monroe |
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Big |
St Clair |
in American Bottoms--settled before 1800 |
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Birk's |
Edwards |
4000 acres--several salt licks |
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Boltinghouse |
Edwards Co |
S of Albion-4 miles long and 3 miles wide |
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Bon Pas |
Edwards |
4 miles NE of Albion-2 miles diamter |
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Bonus |
Boone |
settled in 1836 |
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Brown's |
Macoupin and Green |
12 miles N of Alton between Wood River and the Piasa |
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Brushy |
Wayne |
11 miles E of Fairfield on the E side of Little Wabash River |
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Buckeye |
Christian |
settled by people from OH |
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Buckheart |
Fulton |
NE of Lewistown-6 to 8 miles long joined Canton Prairie |
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Buck |
Edwards |
6 miles NE of Albion-2 1/2 miles wide |
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Buckhorn |
Morgan |
6 miles S of Jacksonville |
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Bullard's (Gardner's) |
Lawrence |
16 miles W of Lawrenceville-8-10 miles ong, 2 miles wide |
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Bull's Eye |
Mason |
Sangamon River Bottom |
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Burnt |
White |
NW corner--2 miles diameter |
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Burnt |
Edwards |
4 miles NW of Albion-6 miles long, 2 miles wide |
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Canton |
Fulton |
near Spoon River going N |
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Casey's |
Jefferson |
near Mt Vernon-5 miles long, 2 miles wide |
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Christy's |
Lawrence |
10 miles W of Lawrenceville |
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Clay |
Clark |
W of Union Prairie, 8 miles SW of Darwin |
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Cold |
St Clair |
American Bottoms, on road from St Louis to Belleville |
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Conant |
Perry |
W of Pinkneyville, less than 7 miles long |
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Cotton Hill |
Sangamon |
between South Fork and Horse Creek, 12 miles S of Springfield |
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Cox's |
Jackson |
NE of Brownsville |
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Crow's |
Putnam |
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Decker's |
Wabash |
12 miles NE of Mt Carmel--small |
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Diamond Grove |
Morgan |
S of Jacksonville-4 miles long |
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Dolson's |
Clark |
W side of County-12 miles long, 6 miles wide |
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Drennan's |
Sangamon |
near Panther Creek, between Auburn and Chatham |
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Dutch |
St Clair |
SW part of County |
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Eaton |
Perry |
3 miles W of Pinckneyville |
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Edmonson's |
McDonough |
6 miles SW of Macomb--10 miles long, 1 to 2 miles wide |
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Eight Mile |
Franklin |
18 miles SW of Frankfort |
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Elk |
Perry |
between Little Muddy and Beaucoup Creeks--5 miles long |
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English (1st Boltinghouse) |
Edwards |
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Estes |
Franklin |
14 miles N of Frankfort |
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Flat |
Randolph |
20 miles E of Kaskaskia |
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Fork |
Bond |
between forks of Shoal Creek, N of Greenville |
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Forked |
Sangamon |
E of South Fork |
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Four Mile |
Perry |
adjacent to Pinckneyville, 7 miles long, 4 miles wide |
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Fourteen Mile |
Effingham |
along the National Road |
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Fox |
Richland |
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French Creek |
Edwards |
SE of Albion, between Little Wabash River and Bonpas Creek |
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Froggy |
Adams |
Honey Creek Twp |
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Garden |
Sangamon |
between Richland and Rock Creeks, 14 miles NW of Springfield |
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German |
Sangamon |
NE of Springfield |
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Goose Nest |
Coles |
Abe Lincoln's family settled here |
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Grand |
several |
between Mississippi and Wabash Rivers |
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Grand |
Crawford |
between Embarrass and Wabash Rivers |
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Grand |
Clinton |
E of Okaw River |
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Grand Coti |
Washington |
ridge between Kaskaskia River and Beacoup Creek |
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Granger's |
Adams |
NW part of Co--3 miles long |
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Gun |
Jefferson |
S of Mt Vernon--2 miles long and 1 mile wide |
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Hancock |
Adams |
above Bear Creek, went for 15 miles into Warren Co |
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Hargrave's |
Wayne |
near Fairfield, 7 miles ong, 2 miles wide |
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Hart's |
Margan |
S of Waverly--small, named for Rev Wm A Hart |
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Hawkin's |
Greene |
S side of Macoupin Creek, 9 miles S of Carrolton |
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Herrington's |
Wayne |
11 miles NW of Fairfield--8 miles long, 2 to 4 miles wide |
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Herron's |
Franklin |
SW part of Co |
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High |
St Clair |
8 miles S of Belleville |
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Hogg |
Hamilton |
few miles W of McLeansboro-2 miles diameter, named for Samuel Hogg |
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Horse |
Randolph |
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Illinois (Wolf) |
Calhoun |
mouth of Illinois River, north for 20 miles |
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Indian |
Wayne |
10 miles NW of Fairfield |
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Jersey |
Morgan |
10 miles S of Jacksonville |
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Jordan's |
Jefferson |
6 miles N of Mt Vernon--5 miles long |
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Knight's |
Hamilton |
W of McLeansboro |
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Knob |
Franklin |
15 miles NW of Frankfort |
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Lamotte |
Crawford |
8 miles long |
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LaSalle |
Peoria |
adjoining Lake Peoria--10 miles long |
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Lemarde |
Wayne |
7 miles NW of Fairfield-6 miles long |
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Lick |
Wabash |
southern part of Co |
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Little |
Washington |
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Little Mount |
Wayne |
3 miles SW of Fairfield, small Indian burial ground |
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Long |
Wabash |
13 miles NW of Mt Carmel |
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Long |
Edwards |
N of Albion--9 miles long |
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Long |
Boone |
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Long |
Clay |
part of 12 Mile Prairie, 8 to 10 miles long |
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Long |
Jefferson |
5 miles W of Mt Vernon--4 miles long |
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Looking Glass |
St Clair |
between Silver and Sugar Creek, goes into Madison Co for 20 miles |
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Lorton's |
Greene |
N side of Apple Creek |
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Lost |
Perry |
7 miles W of Pinckneyville--3 miles long |
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Loup |
St Clair |
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Luken's |
Lawrence |
South side of Co |
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Macon County |
Macon |
norht of Decatur, north fork of Sangamon Rr and Salt Creek |
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Macoupin |
Greene |
between Piasa and Macoupin Creeks |
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Marshall's |
Jackson |
14 miles NE of Brownsville |
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Mason's |
Lawrence |
SW part 20 miles from Lawrenceville |
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McCall's |
Crawford |
Robinson Twp |
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Mill's |
Edwards |
11 miles NE of Albion 4m long, 2m wide |
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Moore's |
Jefferson |
6 to 12 miles SE of Mt Vernon, 8m long, 2m wide |
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Moore's |
St Clair |
5 miles E of Bellville |
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Mud |
Morgan |
6 miles SW of Waverly |
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Mud |
St Clair |
SE part |
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Mud |
Washington & Perry |
on Mud Creek 14 miles NE of Pinckneyville |
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Mud |
Wayne |
8 miles NW of Fairfield |
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Nine Mile Prairie |
Perry |
10 miles E of Pinckneyville. |
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North Arm |
Edgar |
6 miles E of Paris, E to IN line, W to Grand Prairie |
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North |
Morgan |
12 miles NE of Jacksonville, south side of Mauveterre Creek |
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Oblong |
Edwards |
1 mile wide |
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Oblong |
Crawford |
in ten sections |
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Ogle's |
St Clair |
5 miles N of Belleville |
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Old Pearl |
Pike |
N of the village of Pearl |
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Ox Box |
Putnam |
10 miles S of Hennepin, 5 miles long, 2 miles wide |
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Parker's |
Clark |
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Phelp's |
Franklin |
12 miles S of Frankfort on Crab Orchard Creek |
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Philo |
Williamson |
12 miles S of Frankfort |
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Plum Creek |
St Clair/Randolph |
3 miles wide and 10 miles long |
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Poor |
Franklin |
12 miles S od Frankfort |
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Prairie du Long |
St Clair |
southern part |
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Pratt's |
Greene |
15 miles NW of Carrolton |
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Rattan's |
Madison |
7 miles NW of Edwardsville |
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Ridge |
Madison |
near Edwardsville south to St Clair Co |
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Rollin's |
Franklin |
N of Frankfort 6 miles long 4 miles wide |
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Round |
Schuyler |
20 miles from Rushville on William's Creek |
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Round |
Boone |
LeRoy Twp |
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Round |
Wabash |
12 miles NE of Mt Carmel |
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Round |
Bond |
6 miles W of Greenville |
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Round |
Perry |
E side of Beaucoup Creek 8 miles from Pinkneyville |
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Round |
Sangamon |
forks of Sugar Creek and S fork of Sangamon River 7 miles SE of Springfield |
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Round |
Marshall |
6 miles wide |
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Salt |
Calhoun |
between bluffs and Salt Prairie Slough 6 miles long |
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Sand |
Tazewell |
4 miles S of Pekin |
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Santa Fe |
Clinton |
on Kaskaskia River |
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Saratoga |
Marshall |
Saratoga Twp |
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Seven Mile |
White |
7 miles W of Carmi |
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Shipley's |
Wayne |
5 miles S of Fairfield |
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Shoal Creek |
Clinton/Bond/Montgomery |
west of Shoal Creek 8 miles wide |
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Six Mile |
Madison |
in American Bottoms SW part of Co |
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Six Mile |
Perry |
9 miles SW of Pinkneyville 9 miles long 6 miles wide |
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Six's |
Schuyler |
17 miles S of Rushville 10 miles long, 3 miles wide Mt Sterling was located in this prairie |
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Smith's |
Fulton |
near Lewiston |
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Smooth |
Madison |
forks of Wood River 8 miles E of Alton 3 miles wide |
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South |
Morgan |
S side of Walnut Creek |
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Squaw |
Boone |
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String |
Greene |
between Macoupin and Apple Creeks 4 miles W of Carrolton 15 miles long |
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Strawn's |
Putnam |
N of Magnolia |
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Stum's |
Edwards |
S of Albion |
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Sugar |
Richland |
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Sweet's |
Morgan |
3 miles W of Manchester |
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Swett's |
Madison |
4 miles NE of Edwardsville |
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Three Mile |
Washington |
8 miles S of Nashville |
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Tom's |
Wayne |
6 miles NE of Fairfield on Elm River |
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Totten's |
Fulton |
7 miles W of Lewiston 10 miles long 3 miles wide |
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Turney's |
Wayne |
8 miles S of Fairfield |
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Twelve Mile |
Effingham |
W of Little Wabash River |
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Twelve Mile |
St Clair |
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Union |
Clark |
SE part of Co 5 miles long and 3 miles wide |
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Union |
Schuyler |
4 miles W of Rushville |
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Village |
Edwards |
2 miles N of Albion |
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Walnut Hill |
Marion/Jefferson |
4 miles long 3 miles wide |
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Walnut |
Clark |
near Wabash River 5 miles long 2 miles wide |
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Webb's |
Franklin |
15 miles E of Frankfort |
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Willow |
Crawford |
Oblong Twp |
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Wood's |
Wabash |
10 miles from Mt Carmel |
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Wright's |
Franklin |
12 miles S Frankfort |
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