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White County, Illinois
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About White County

White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 13,877. Its county seat is Carmi. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt".

Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

White County at a glance

County seat
Carmi
Population
13,877 (2020)
Land area
502 sq mi
Founded
1815

Largest communities in White County

  1. Carmi Township6,286
  2. Indian Creek Township2,145
  3. Grayville1,550
  4. Norris City1,145
  5. Phillips Township1,129

History of White County

White County was organized from Gallatin County in 1815, and was named after Captain Leonard White, a Gallatin County legislator who is credited with the idea of extending the Illinois-Wisconsin border a few miles north of the southern tip of Lake Michigan. He was killed in 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe. The county seat, Carmi, was founded in 1814, and incorporated in 1816. The first courthouse was in the log cabin of John Craw. The first white settlers came to White County between 1807 and 1809. The first settlements were near the Little Wabash River and Big Prairie, one of the numerous prairies in the county. These families—Hanna, Land, Hay, Williams, Calvert, Ratcliff, Holderby, Robinson, Stewart, among others—typically had spent time in the Carolinas, Kentucky or Tennessee before moving into Illinois, and most were of Scots-Irish descent.

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