Iroquois County, Illinois is the only county in the nation with the name Iroquois.

Iroquois County was formed from Vermilion County in 1833. It borders the State of Indiana to its east, and a strange slice of Ford County to its west. Perhaps the politicians who sliced up Vermilion County were doing a bit of "jerry-mandering?" It would be worth your while to look at Michael Hebert's County Maps of Illinois, 1790 - Present. Just because something was in Iroquois County in 1833 does NOT mean it is in Iroquois County NOW.

Ford, Will and Kankakee Counties were further carved out of Iroquois and unorganized Vermilion Counties after 1833.

Please follow the links below to learn even more about the county, its people and its history.

County Coordinator: Concetta Phillipps

Iroquois County Courthouse

550 South 10th Street
Watseka, IL - Illinois 60970

8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
(815) 432-6950
(815) 432-6953

Court website

• Iroquois County has many photos on Flickr. Check out Keystone Productions, Watseca Illinois, Iroquois County,  Milford Illinois, Onarga Illinois
• Iroquois County Song
• Iroquois County Township Map and More
• Queries - now simplified to view archive queries
• Surname Researchers in Iroquois County
• Obituary Archive also includes other news article transcriptions submitted.
• Lookups
• Iroquois County Place Names
• Looking to see Iroquois County? Try the Iroquois County Scrapbook, full of pictures and postcards.
• Iroquois Co. Genealogical Society, including a Biographies page.
• The Minnesota Connection
• Illinois in the Civil War (rosters by county and regiment available)

Iroquois County Data

Many links lead to pages at the Iroquois County Genealogical Society Website.

• Bible Records Collection A collection of Family Bible Records from the Iroquois County area complete with index.
• Iroquois County Burial Permits A - E
• Iroquois County Burial Permits F - K
  
• Iroquois County Burial Permits L - P
  
• Iroquois County Burial Permits Q - Z
• Beaver Township Burial Permits
• Iroquois County Cemeteries Listed by Township with a Township Map showing Cemetery locations. Lots of Surnames listed in the Cemetery files here.
• 1840 Iroquois County Federal Census Complete with Index
• 1835 Federal Census Iroquois County
• 1830 Vermilion County Federal Census Complete with Index - This is included here because prior to 1833 Iroquois County was still a part of Vermilion County.
• Death Certificates of Iroquois County
• Early Divorce Records of Iroquois County A thru G
• Early Divorce Records of Iroquois County H thru M
• Early Divorce Records of Iroquois County N thru Z
• Early Farm Names and the Owners Names. Iroquois County.
• History of Iroquois County Did You Know?
• Iroquois County Original Land Purchases 1831 - 1882 A thru E
• Iroquois County Original Land Purchases 1831 - 1882 F thru K
• Iroquois County Original Land Purchases 1831 - 1882 L thru P
• Iroquois County Original Land Purchases 1831 - 1882 Q thru Z
• The Larches The Larches, An Essay on the summer home of detective Allan Pinkerton.
• Allan Pinkerton A collection of writings concerning Allan Pinkerton and the Larch Farm and links to the Palmer Manuscripts...
• Russell Palmer manuscript A manuscript written by Mr. Russell Palmer. The study of Allan Pinkerton and Larch Farm and links to The Larches...
• Iroquois County Place Names Information on all place names past and present in Iroquois County.
• Iroquois County, IL Probate Files A thru K circa 1870-1898 Reels 1 - 25
• Iroquois County, IL Probate Files L thru Z circa 1870-1898 Reels 1 - 25
• Index to Iroquois County 1890 Tax List The 1890 Federal Census was destroyed in a fire before copies of it could be made, thus there is no census information for that year in most places. This Tax List can help to bridge that gap.
• READ ABOUT the flooding in the 1950s
  and the flooding in 1994 in Iroquois County.
• WWII Enlistments residing in Iroquois County

Links to a host of others

• Lyrics to State Song
• ILGenWeb Illinois References
• Illinois State Symbols
• Illinois Natural History Survey
• Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 - 1900
• Historic Map Works - Map, Atlases and Illustrations of Iroquois County    
• Illinois State Museum
• Illinois State Genealogical Society
• Illinois State Genealogical Society on Facebook

Genealogy Sites outside of Iroquois GenWeb

• More Genealogy Links
• FamilySearch
• Linkpendium Genealogy Index
• Find a Grave
• Interment.net
• Stephen Morse One Step Census Search
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
• Genealogy Conference Events
• The ILGenWeb Project
• World GenWeb
• The Kankakee County ILGenWeb Project
• The Vermilion County ILGenWeb Project
• The Ford County ILGenWeb Project
• The Newton County Indiana GenWeb Project
• The Benton County Indiana GenWeb Project

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This page last modified -- 19 Apr 2024.