Schuyler County, Illinois

Founding: 1825
Parent counties: Fulton, Pike, and unorganized territory

Namesake: Philip Schuyler, New York politician
Seat: Rushville (1826–)

Land area: 437 square miles

Population (2020): 6,902

Population (historic): 6,972 (1840); 14,684 (1860); 16,249 (1880); 16,129 (1900); 11,676 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1870; 1890s; 1970s; 2000s

Subdivisions: One city; three villages; 13 townships

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,170 (33.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,779
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,265

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,778
Average farm size (1920): 99.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Indiana
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Rushville

Namesake: Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia physician and politician

Founding: 1826 (platting); 1827 (post office); 1839 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,005

Population (historic): 1,251 (1850); 1,539 (1870); 2,031 (1890); 2,422 (1910); 2,388 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 504 (30.2%)
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