Edgar County, Illinois

Founding: 1823
Parent county: Clark

Namesake: John Edgar, Illinois politician
Seat: Paris (1823–)

Land area: 623 square miles

Population (2020): 16,866

Population (historic): 4,071 (1830); 16,925 (1860); 25,499 (1880); 28,273 (1900); 24,966 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; six villages; 15 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,748 (31.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 45.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,737
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,548

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,407
Average farm size (1920): 139 acres
Sources of settlement: Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky
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Paris

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps Paris, France; or Paris, Kentucky

Founding: 1824 (platting); 1825 (post office); 1853 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 8,291

Population (historic): 1,930 (1860); 4,373 (1880); 6,105 (1900); 8,781 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1970; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,258 (28.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. William Moss Farm (c. 1860). 14154 1500th Road. Edgar.
2. Stephen Fulton House (c. 1890). 17473 1800th Road. Edgar. Eastlake.
3. Asher Morton Farm (c. 1860). 4345 Terre Haute Road. Elbridge. Greek Revival.
4. William White House (c. 1835). 22437 Terre Haute Road. Elbridge. Razed.
5. John Elliott Log House (c. 1825). Terre Haute Road, northwest of 2200th Road. Elbridge. Razed.
6. St. Aloysius Catholic Church (1900). 1350th Road, west of 1900th Road. Hunter. Gothic Revival.
7. Adin Baber Farm (c. 1875). 2429 700th Road. Kansas. Italianate.
8. James Paxton Farm (c. 1910). 506 East Street. Kansas. Classical Revival.
9. Charles Hoult Farm (1908). 23288 1325th Road. Ross. Classical Revival.
10. James Gaines Farm (c. 1870). 2800th Road, west of 1400th Road. Ross. Italianate. Razed.

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