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COURTHOUSE INFO:
2000 Washington Ave.,
Cairo, IL 62914-1717
HISTORY
Alexander County was organized out of Union County in 1819. It was named
for William M. Alexander, a physician who practiced in the town of
America (the first county seat). Alexander became Speaker of the
Illinois House of Representatives in 1822. The county seat was moved to
Unity in 1833, then to Thebes in 1843, and finally to Cairo in 1860.
America, the first county seat, is now within Pulaski County, which was
formed from Alexander and Johnson Counties in 1843.
Source: Wikipedia.com
CITIES:
- Cairo
VILLAGES:
- East Cape Girardeau
- McClure
- Tamms
- Thebes
CENSUS DESIGNATED PLACE:
- Olive Branch
UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES:
- Cache
- Elco
- Fayville
- Future City
- Gale
- Klondike
- Miller City
- Urbandale |
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- Bracken Cemetery
- Bumgard Cemetery
- Childers Cemetery
- Cummins Cemetery
- Delta Cemetery
- Hargis Cemetery
- Hobbs Cemetery
- Honey Cemetery
- Hutchison Cemetery
- Lindsey Cemetery
- McClure Cemetery
- McCrite Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery |
- Miller Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
- Mount Zion Cemetery
- Olive Branch Cemetery
- Palmer Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
- Provo Cemetery
- Richwood Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
- Santa Fe Cemetery
- Schendler, Cemetery
- Sims Company
- Thompson Cemetery
- Twente Cemetery |
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MAP
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County Seat: Cairo
Year Organized: 1819
Square Miles: 235.51
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ADJACENT
COUNTIES: 1. Union
County - north
2. Ballard County, KY - southeast
3. Pulaski County - east
4. Mississippi County, Missouri - south
5. Scott County, Missouri - west
6. Cape Girardeau County, Missouri - northwest
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between 1819 & 1843 |
1843 it was reduced to its current
size with the creation of
Pulaski County. |
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