| 1819 November -
|
Salt Springs became the
first European settlement in what is to become
Vermilion County |
| 1826 - |
Vermilion County is
created |
| 1826 - |
Georgetown was
platted by James Haworth |
| 1827 January - |
Salt Springs is made
the county seat |
| 1827 January 31 -
|
The future site
of Danville is identified as the new county
seat |
| 1827 Apr. 10 -
|
Lots in the new town of
Danville go on sale |
| 1827 - |
Post office at Danville
opens in the home of Amos Williams |
| 1828 - |
Post office at
Georgetown opens |
| 1833 - |
Champaign County is
formed to the west, taking a strip ten miles wide
from the west side of Vermilion County. |
| 1833 - |
Iroquois County
is founded to the north, and Vermilion County is
extended by 6 miles on the north side |
| 1835 - |
Daniel Beckwith (after
whom Danville was named) dies of pneumonia following
a horseback ride from Washington |
| 1837 - |
The town of Franklin
is founded near the future site of Bismarck, but
only lasts a few years. |
| 1838 Sept. 17 - 20 - |
The Potawatomi Trail of
Death camps at Sandusky Point near what became the
town of Catlin. |
| 1839 - |
Post office at the
future site of Rossville opens |
| 1843 - |
The town of
Myersville is founded near the future site of
Bismarck. |
| 1851 - |
Vermilion County is
divided into eight townships: Danville,
Georgetown, Elwood, Carroll,
Ross, Middlefork, Newell (first
called Richland), and Pilot. |
| 1851 - |
B. E Conkey founds
Conkeytown |
| 1856 - |
Blount township
is created |
| 1857 - |
Mann's Chapel is
constructed south of the future site of Rossville |
| 1858 - |
Catlin Township
is created |
| 1859 - |
Ford County is created
from an unorganized territory that had been attached
to Vermilion County. |
| 1862 - |
Grant Township
is created |
| 1862 - |
The town of
Rossville is founded |
| 1864 - |
Butler Township
is created |
| 1866 - |
Vance Township
is created |
| 1866 - |
Josiah Hunt and Guy
Merrill plat the town of Catlin |
| 1867- |
Sidell Township
is created |
| 1868 - |
Oakwood Township is
created |
| 1871 - |
The town of Hoopeston
is founded. |
| 1872 - |
Construction on the
Pumpkin Vine Railroad begins, to carry coal from
south of Covington, Indiana to the Bismarck area. |
| 1872 - |
The town of Gilbert is
founded south of the future site of Alvin |
| 1873 - |
The town of Bismarck is
founded |
| 1875 |
The town of Alvin is
founded at a new railroad intersection just north of
Gilbert, supplanting the earlier town. |
| 1897 - |
An Old Soldiers' Home
is established on the southeast side of Danville |
| 1899 - |
Jamaica Township is
created |
| 1902 - |
Love Township is
created |
| 1912 - |
McKendree Township is
created |
| 1927 - |
South Ross Township is
created |
