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Fayette County
Fayette County was formed in 14 Feb 1821 from Bond, Clark, and Crawford counties.
Communities: Augsburg, Avena, Bayle City, Bear Grove, Bingham, Bluff City, Bowling Green, Brownstown, Carson, Confidence, Dressor, Farina, Hagarstown, Kaskaskia, LaClede, Lone Grove, Loogootee, Loudon, North Hurricane, Otego, Pittsburg, Pope, Ramsey, Saint Paul, Sefton, Seminary, Shafter, Sharon, Shobonier, South Hurricane, St. Elmo, St. Peter, Vandalia, Vera, Wheatland, Wilberton
Map: Fayette County, New Sectional Map of the State of Illinois, 1836; Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Virtual Libraries
Robert W. Ross, Historical Souvenir of Vandalia, Illinois (Effingham, Illinois : National Illustrating Co, 1904)
Note: Vandalia was in Bond County in 1820
Inventory of the County Archives of Illinois, No. 26, Fayette County (Chicago, Illinois : Historical Records Survey, 1939)
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
Maps
Probate Records
Vital Records and Substitutes
Birth
Marriage
Esther Halford Hoffman, Fayette County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1821-1874 (Vandalia, Illinois : Decatur Genealogical Society, 1969)