Research Topics: Local History - Macoupin County; Book #5

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Title
Author
# of Pages
The Story of Macoupin County (1829-1979)
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247

Contents

    PART ONE: The County
1. Three Cheers for Macoupin County    (p. 1)
2. Before there was a Macoupin County    (p. 7)
3. The First Fifty Years (1829-1879)    (p. 11)
4. The Middle Fifty Years (1879-1929)    (p. 19)
5. The Recent Past (1929-1979)    (p. 32)
    Maps    (p. 46)
6. Earliest Macoupin County History    (p. 48)

    PART TWO: Townships and Communities
1. Barr Township    (p. 58)
2. Bird Township    (p. 64)
3. Brighton Township    (p. 67)
4. Brushy Mound Township    (p. 75)
5. Bunker Hill Township    (p. 78)
6. Cahokia Township    (p. 89)
7. Carlinville Township    (p. 93)
8. Chesterfield Township    (p. 106)
9. Dorchester Township    (p. 115)
10. Gillespie Township    (p. 122)
11. Girard Township    (p. 128)
12. Hiyard Township    (p. 136)
13. Honey Point Township    (p. 141)
14. Mt. Olive Township    (p. 143)
15. Nilwood Township    (p. 154)
16. North Otter Township    (p. 158)
17. North Palmyra Township    (p. 160)
18. Polk Township    (p. 168)
19. Scottville Township    (p. 175)
20. Shaw's Point Township    (p. 196)
21. Shipman Township    (p. 191)
22. South Otter Township    (p. 196)
23. South Palmyra Township    (p. 198)
24. Staunton Township    (p. 206)
25. Virden Township    (p. 215)
26. Western Mound Township    (p. 220)

    PART THREE: Carlinville & Macoupin County Sesquicentennial
The Sesquicentennial    (p. 230)
Family History    (p. 240)