Welcome to Stark County, Illinois Genealogy and History Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy This Site is Available for Adoption Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as it can be. If you are interested in joining Genealogy Trails, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim. (Enough knowledge to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for folks. All data we come across will be added to this site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view the updates we make to this site. Join the Illinois Genealogy Trails Mailing List to be notified of updates to this website and our other county websites. Stark County Established: March 2, 1839 (Laws, 1839, p. 229) Named for John Stark, a soldier of the French and Indian wars, a Major General of the Revolution, who served with distinction at Bunker Hill, Trenton, Princeton, and Bennington. Stark County Courthouse 130 West Main Street Toulon, IL 61483 County Clerk: (309) 286-5911 Circuit Clerk: (309) 286-5941 Recorder: (309) 286-5911 Townships of Stark County Click here to view the 1887 Township Map Elmira Essex Goshen Osceola Penn Toulon Valley West Jersey Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: 1825 1839 - Putnam 1829 1839 - Knox 1823 1825 - Fulton 1821 1823 - Pike 1812 1821 - Madison 1801 1812 - St. Clair County Seat: 1841 Toulon Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories/Records County Records Court Records Deaths Family Bibles History Marriages Military Newspaper Data Obituaries Surnames Wills/Probate Records  Stark County Convicts in the Joliet Prison Website Updates: Dec 2009: HICKEY-HARTEY marriage announcement Sep 2009: Franklin Cemetery; history of Camp Grove SEARCH OUR SITES Stark County Is Bordered By These Neighboring Counties HENRY* BUREAU MARSHALL KNOX PEORIA   *Available for adoption - Email Kim Visit the Main Illinois Genealogy Trails Website To see what other counties Illinois Genealogy Trails has online, visit our County Selection Map At the Main Illinois Genealogy Trails Page, you will find much more data, including: Military Data Census Data Illinois State Data Illinois Events Help for your Illinois Research Illinois Genealogy Trails Volunteer Information Return to the Illinois Genealogy Trails Main Page Visitors Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.