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Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 32,915. [1] Its county seat is Jacksonville. [2] Morgan County is part of the Jacksonville, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Springfield–Jacksonville–Lincoln, IL Combined Statistical Area.
Morgan County is located in west-central Illinois roughly 90 miles north of St. Louis, Missouri, 230 miles southwest of Chicago and 30 miles west of Springfield, Illinois. Morgan County has a population of approximately 36,000 people.
Morgan County, Illinois has 569.0 square miles of land area and is the 42nd largest county in Illinois by total area. Topics in the Morgan County, Illinois data profile include: Populations and People; Income and Poverty; Education; Employment; Housing; Health; Business and Economy; Families and Living Arrangements; Race and Ethnicity
A brief history of Jacksonville and Morgan County, Illinois. On January 6, 1825, John Howard, Abraham Pickett and John C. Lusk were appointed to locate a permanent seat for Morgan County. On March 10, 1825, Johnson Shelton, the county surveyor, laid out a five acre public square in a 160 acre tract, in what is now Jacksonville’s Central Park.
History of Morgan County, Illinois. Morgan County is named for Daniel Morgan. Daniel Morgan [1736-1802] was an early soldier in the American Colonies, during Pontiac’s War [1764] and Dunmore’s War [1774]. During the Revolution, he served as colonel of a Virginia regiment, then became a Brigadier General.
Jacksonville is a city and the county seat of Morgan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,616 at the 2020 census, [ 5 ] down from 19,446 in 2010. [ 6 ] It is home to Illinois College, Illinois School for the Deaf, and the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, and was formerly home to MacMurray College.
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