Will County, Illinois, formed on January 12,…

January 1836 CE

Will County, Illinois, formed on January 12, 1836, out of Cook and Iroquois, is named for Dr. Conrad Will, a businessman involved in salt production in southern Illinois, and also a politician: Will was a member of the first Illinois Constitutional Convention and a member of the Illinois Legislature until his death in 1835.

It includes besides its present area the part of Kankakee County, Illinois, lying north of the Kankakee River.

Will County will lose this area when Kankakee County is organized in 1852, but since then its boundaries will be unchanged.

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