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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