Places

PLACE	CURR vs HIST	*	PRECINCT	TOWNSHIP	NOTES
Amity	historic	v	Pocahontas	Burgess	now known as Pocahontas
Ayers	current	n	LaGrange	LaGrange	northwest of Greenville
Baden Baden	historic	PO	Pocahontas	Burgess	in Millersburg
Beaver Creek	current	n	Beaver Creek	Mills
Beaver Creek	historic	p	Beaver Creek	Mills	included Dudleyville and Beaver Creek
Bethel	-	-	Cottonwood Grove	Shoal Creek	campground first now cemetery
Bucktown	historic	v	Mulberry Grove	Mulberry Grove	now known as Mulberry Grove
Bunje	current	n	Cottonwood Grove	Shoal Creek	Sorento
Burgess	current	t	Pocahontas	Burgess	includes Pierron
Central	current	t	Greenville	Central
Cottonwood Grove	historic	s	Cottonwood Grove	Shoal Creek
Cottonwood Grove	historic	p	Cottonwood Grove	Shoal Creek	included Cottonwood Grove, Elm Point, and Pleasant Prairie
Donnellson	current	v	Cottonwood Grove	Lagrange vs Shoal Creek	formerly known as Bear Creek, part in Montgomery county
Dudleyville	current	n	Beaver Creek	Mills	southwest of Greenville Airport
Durley	current	n	Zion	Mulberry Grove	near Governor Bond Lake
Elizabeth City	historic	-	Greenville	Central	a paper city 3 miles west of Greenville
Elm Point	historic	n	Cottonwood Grove	Lagrange / Shoal Creek	just south of Donnellson
Fairview	historic	t	Fairview	Pleasant Mound	8 miles east of Greenville
Fairview	historic	v	Fairview	Pleasant Mound	included Fairview and Pleasant Mound PO
Gilmore	current	n	Cottonwood Grove	Shoal Creek	southwest of Sorento
Greenville	current	c	Greenville	Central	included New Jerusalem, Piety Hill, Cobtown, and Buzzard Roost neighborhoods
Greenville	historic	p	Greenville	Central	included Greenville, Henderson, and Stubblefield
Hamburg	current	n	Fairview	Pleasant Mound	also known as New Hamburg
Henderson Station	historic	n	Greenville	Central	included Smithboro PO
Hickory Grove	historic	v	Pocahontas	Burgess	now known as Pocahontas
Hookdale	current	n	Okaw	Tamalco	southeast of Greenville
Houston	historic	v	Mulberry Grove	Mulberry Grove	now known as Mulberry Grove
Keyesport	current	v	Okaw	Tamalco	sw corner of Bond, part in Clinton county
Lagrange	current	t	Lagrange	Lagrange	includes Ayers and Paisley Corners
Lagrange	historic	p	Lagrange	Lagrange
Maple Grove	historic	n	Lagrange	Lagrange
Millersburg	historic	n	Pocahontas	Burgess	included Baden Baden PO
Mills	current	t	Beaver Creek	Mills	includes Dudleyville
Mulberry Grove	current	v	Mulberry Grove	Mulberry Grove	formerly known as Bucktown, Houston, and Shakerag
Mulberry Grove	historic	p	Mulberry Grove	Mulberry Grove
Mulberry Grove	current	t	Mulberry Grove	Mulberry Grove
Neport	historic	v	Zion	Mulberry Grove	aka Newport
New Berlin	historic	v	Ripley	Old Ripley
Okaw	historic	p		Tamalco
Old Ripley	current	v	Ripley	Old Ripley	formerly known as New Berlin and Ripley
Old Ripley	historic	PO	Ripley	Old Ripley
Old Ripley	current	t	Ripley	Old Ripley
Paisley Corners	current	n	Lagrange	Lagrange	on Route 127 nw of Greenville
Panama	current	v	Cottonwood Grove	Shoal Creek	part in Montgomery county
Pierron	current	v	Pocahontas	Burgess	was half in Madison county
Pleasant Mound	historic	PO	Fairview	Pleasant Mound
Pleasant Mound	current	n	Fairview	Pleasant Mound	ssw of Mulberry Grove, ese of Greenville
Pleasant Mound	current	t	Fairview	Pleasant Mound
Pleasant Prairie	historic		Cottonwood Grove	Shoal Creek	included Harrisonville
Pocahontas	current	v	Pocahontas	Burgess	formerly known as Hickory Grove, Amity, and Pocohontas
Pocahontas	historic	p	Pocahontas	Burgess	included Baden Baden PO, Pocahontas, and Millersburg
Reno	current	n	Cottonwood Grove	Shoal Creek	southeast of Sorento along railroad line
Ripley	historic	p	Ripley	Old Ripley	included Old Ripley PO and New Berlin
Shakerag	historic	v	Mulberry Grove	Mulberry Grove	now known as Mulberry Grove
Shoal Creek	current	t	Cottonwood Grove	Shoal Creek
Smithboro	current	v	Greenville	Pleasant Mound	at Henderson Station, also Smithborough
Sorento	current	v	Cottonwood Grove	Shoal Creek
Stubblefield	current	n	Greenville	Central	station 4 miles west of Greenville
Tamalco	current	n	Okaw	Tamalco	northwest of Keyesport along railroad line
Tamalco	current	t	Okaw	Tamalco
Woburn	historic	PO	Zion	Mulberry Grove
Woburn	current	v	Zion	Mulberry Grove	formerly known as Crossroads and Neport
Zion	historic	p	Zion	Mulberry Grove	included Neport

* p = PRECINCT
   t = TOWNSHIP
PO = POST OFFICE
   s = SETTLEMENT
   n = NEIGHBORHOOD
   v = VILLAGE
   c = CITY

Cannot find your place name? Maybe it was in Bond County years ago, but you’ll find it in another county today.

Bond was created 04 Jan 1817 in Illinois territory out of Madison county; Bond included territory in present Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Bond lost all territory in present Michigan and Wisconsin to Michigan Territory when the state of Illinois was created from Illinois territory 03 Dec 1818; Bond became a county in the state of Illinois.

Five counties were carved out of Bond county

Sangamon county, 30 Jan 1821
Pike county, 31 Jan 1821
Montgomery county, 12 Feb 1821
Fayette county, 14 Feb 1821
Clinton county, 27 Dec 1824

Legislature authorized Bond county to gain from Madison county the eastern halves of townships 4 to 6 north, range 5 west, dependent on local referendum that failed 19 Feb 1841 (no change). Bond did gain from Madison county 02 Mar 1843.