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Macoupin County IL
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The Township Table includes a lot of information for each township - sketch of Macoupin townships layout
Old and Current Place Names in Macoupin County listed in the book Illinois Place Names by James Adams
Selected Abstractions from The Federal Land Records from Linda Arnold
Stewart Land in Macoupin County


Search for Macoupin Land
Maps on this site
Map Links
Help with land descriptions
Links for place names and geographic features






Land

Search Early Federal Land Sales records for all of Illinois at the Illinois State Archives site -
    Early as 1817 Includes buyer's name, price, and land description
    Instructions for searching the Federal Land Sale Records using various search stringsat the url listed below.
         - contributed by David Arnsmeyer
    Other Residence codes you find on the Federal Land Sale Record contributed by Mark Strohbeck
          Check out these codes when you are stumped on "other" residence codes found on a Federal IL Land Record.
Great Site! Bureau of Land Management, The Official Land Patents Records Site Search
            - ACTUAL applications of the Federal Land Grants can be downloaded.


Maps:
Rural School Maps showing rural school locations included on 1915 to 1932 US Geological Surveys
Macoupin County Township Sketch -shows where the bordering counties border Macoupin County
1875 Atlas Map of Macoupin County - courtesy Alice Gless - agless@earthlink.net Source: "Atlas of Henry Co. Illinois to Which is Added an Atlas of the United States," Warner & Beers Publishers, Chicago, 1875
Macoupin Elevation Map courtesy Butch Konneker
For Sale - Current Plat Maps for Macoupin County
For Sale - Current 911 Road Maps for Macoupin County

Map Links:
Topozone Maps and Aerial Photos of Macoupin County Townships
1895 Atlas Map of Macoupin County at Livingston MIGenWeb Site
Macoupin County Map - current highway map
New! Original Federal Township Plats of Illinois (1804-1891) at the State of IL Archives site
More 1875 IL County Maps - courtesy Alice Gless - agless@earthlink.net Source: "Atlas of Henry Co. Illinois to Which is Added an Atlas of the United States," Warner & Beers Publishers, Chicago, 1875
Illinois County Boundaries 1790 - Present
An Atlas of the German Empire site
Rare Old Maps Online University of Georgia's Hargretts Library New World Maps, Revolutionary Maps, Civil War Maps - many maps in each section


Links for place names and geographic features:
Search For A Current Illinois City site at Outfitters. Enter the city and it will tell you what county it is in.
US Government Query Form for Place Features - find cemeteries and other land features for the county.
Yahoo Get Local - find driving directions to places and yellow pages, etc.


Help with land descriptions:
Land Record Reference - Good resource site for interperting old land records, deeds.
Principal Meridians and Baselines in Illinois
Land Mapping Help
Elevations - High and Low points in Macoupin County at ISGS site




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