Bond County, Illinois

Founding: 1817
Parent county: Madison

Namesake: Shadrach Bond, Illinois governor
Seat: Perryville (1817–1821); Greenville (1821–)

Land area: 380 square miles

Population (2020): 16,725

Population (historic): 2,931 (1820); 6,144 (1850); 13,153 (1870); 16,078 (1900); 14,406 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1880; 1890–1910; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; nine villages; nine townships

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,568 (21.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,079
Average outbuilding value (1930): $946

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,948
Average farm size (1920): 100.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Indiana, Germany, Missouri, Tennessee, and Switzerland
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Greenville

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps Nathanael Greene

Founding: 1816 (platting); 1819 (post office); 1855 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,083

Population (historic): 1,886 (1880); 2,504 (1900); 3,233 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1890–1910; 1920–1980; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 581 (24.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *William Hutchinson House (c. 1850). 1311 South 4th Street. Central. Razed.
2. *Jacques Ravold House (c. 1870). 1215 East Vine Avenue. Central. Italianate.