As of monday, march 23, 2020 the office will be closed to the public. Institute of museum and library services, administered by. Schuyler county plat maps 19 university of illinois. Illinois county gis resources the following links are to gis resources by county for the state of illinois. Beacon and combine both webbased gis and webbased data reporting tools including cama, assessment and tax into a single, user friendly web application that is designed with your needs in mind. Ilgenweb project adoption information to adopt this county please fill out our contact form. Find hancock county maps il to get accurate illinois property and parcel map boundary data based on parcel id or apn numbers. Illustrated historical atlas of hancock county, illinois. Map, landowners, hancock county library of congress.
Plat maps include information on property lines, lots, plot boundaries, streets, flood zones, public access, parcel numbers, lot dimensions, and easements. This state page of our website provides direct links to free major genealogy databases and historical titles and information found on illinois genealogy, whether they. Center for hancock county history western illinois university. Find hancock county maps il to get accurate illinois property and parcel map boundary. The data were digitized in the late 1960s, early 1970s, and in 198485 from 7. Nineteenthcentury county plat books, sometimes called county histories, often included family biographies, portraits, and illustrations of homes and prized livestock. Any user of this map product accepts its faults and assumes all responsibility for the use thereof, and further agrees to hold hancock county harmless from and. The illinois state library owns a very extensive collection of plat books and maps. Old historical city, county and state maps of illinios. The county recorder keeps and maintains accurate land records that are current, legible and easily. Plat book of hancock county, illinois family history library plat books, vols. Online microfilm are indicated by the camera icon in the catalog entry. The easiest way to conceptualize gis is to think of it as layers of information that are represented graphically on a computer screen.
Three year atlas and plat book, hancock county, illinois catalog record only title from cover. Hancock county, illinois wiu gis center western illinois university. Illinois hancock county 1936 venard thomas, 1936 image quality. Hancock county maps county maps, atlases, and plat books can be retrieved by filling out a call slip for each item that you need and presenting it at the second floor reference desk. Sonora township, hancock county, illinois wikipedia. Originally published carthage comercial club, carthage il, ca 1923 based on dates in ads. Illinois hancock county maps, hancock county plat books. Surname indexes hancock county historical society illinois.
Hancock county was created on january, 1825 and was formed from pike county. The 2017 hancock county land atlas and plat book is available from the hancock county farm bureau. The public records contained on the county website shall be used for informational purposes only. Works with the esri javascript api, arcgis server, arcgis online. Illinois 10 largest cities are chicago, aurora, rockford, joliet, naperville, springfield, peoria, elgin, waukegan and cicero.
Hancock county, illinois public records directory quickly find public record sources in the largest human edited public record directory. The library houses a collection of bound illinois plat maps, starting in the 1960s, in shelves along the central wall on the fourth floor. Struggle and progressafrican americans in knox county, illinois knox college student and alumni news periodicals illinois wesleyan university. The illinois state historical library has county plat books and atlases available for the years of around 1870 to 1930. Lofton, of dallas, and now residing witht the latter. Primarily, we offer services in assisting visitors with genealogy and obtaining historical information about the county. Hancock county, il plat and directory book farm and home. Dec 30, 2018 adams county land atlas and plat book, 2003.
Hancock county ilgenweb 1859 plat maps hancock county. Iowa atlases, farm directories, and plat books access genealogy. The 19th century county atlasplat book is more popular than ever, not only with genealogists, but with newer audiences finding them useful for historic site and environmental research. More precisely, gis is the hardware, software, people, information and procedures used to represent, manage, and analyze information about the earths surface. Gregg this detailed 1036 pages in all 1880 history has an incredible amount of historical and genealogical information about hancock county, illinois from its earliest settlement up to 1880. Acrevalue helps you locate parcels, property lines, and ownership information for land online, eliminating the need for plat books. Plat books can be an aid to genealogists for following land ownership in families and locating the names of neighbors of ancestors. Because of the interest in this period in hancock countys history and the scholarship that has been done on it. Works with the esri javascript api, arcgis server, arcgis online and more. Hancock county funk library u of i library university of illinois.
Learn more opens in a new tab demo videos opens in a new tab register for webinars opens in a new tab like us on facebook opens in a new tab. Genealogy resources libguides at university of illinois. Hancock county, in plat map property lines, land ownership. Hancock county map, hancock county plat map, hancock. Additional resources for hancock county births, marriages and deaths may be found in the illinois, hancock vital records, the illinois, hancock vital records indexes, and the illinois, hancock vital records newspapers topic pages of the familysearch catalog. Hancock township is one of twentyfour townships in hancock county, illinois, usa. Errors in the location of a given feature are dependent on the accuracy of the original maps and on the accuracy. Go with traditional hancock county plat books or information heavy hancock county il gis county data with related geographic features including latitudelongitude, government jurisdictions, roads, waterways, public lands and aerial imagery. These antique maps and atlases are part of the historic map works, residential genealogy historical map collection, the largest digital collection of rare, ancient, old, historical, cadastral and antiquarian maps of its type. If you have any trouble with the interactive map please contact dee lund. Those illinois maps show townships and ownership of various lands at the times that the maps were drawn. Farm plat book, hancock county, illinois rockford map publishers. The hancock county gis maps search illinois links below open in a new window and take you to third party websites that provide access to hancock county public records. As of the 2010 census, its population was 255 and it contained 129 housing units.
The map books are arranged alphabetically by county. Hancock township, hancock county, illinois wikipedia. Illinois state library location guide of general land office plat maps a guide to locating plat maps illinois federal township plats 18041891 scans of 3,457 plats in the collection of the illinois state archives that were surveyed by the office of the u. Help others by sharing new links and reporting broken links. Illinois historical aerial photographs are available freeofcharge via. We also have plat books for viewing from the following years. Plat books cannot be copied due to laws ordering plat books and highway maps. Hancock county families, news, memorabilia hancock county mortality schedules 1850 1860 1880 1921 map of hancock county, illinois this large, detailed map is presented in four sizes.
The families of hancock county index contains an alphabetical list of major surnames in the county. Hancock county, illinois genealogy familysearch wiki. Whether you are looking for a traditional printed county plat book, historical plat maps or highly attributed gis parcel data map with boundaries and id number, we have the most uptodate parcel information available. Welcome to hancock county, illinois attention on friday, march 20 th, governor pritzker issued executive order 202010, which can be viewed here, requiring all illinoisans to stay in their homes to prevent the further spread of covid19. Hancock township section map a homemade plat map illustrating early purchases. Contact us hancock county historical society illinois. The depository contains inactive government documents which have been transferred to the site from various county offices in a sixteen county region in westcentral illinois. A 1935 edition of the plat book of mclean county, illinois is located in. The university of illinois, champaignurbana, chicago historical society. Institute of museum and library services, administered by the indiana state library. Map, landowners, illinois, hancock county library of. Not all townships are included these are large jpeg files and take awhile to load so please be patient. Get property lines, land ownership, and parcel information, including parcel number and acres. Whether you are looking for a traditional printed county plat book, historical plat maps or highly attributed gis parcel data map with boundaries and id number, we have the.
Find property records, vital records, inmate and court records, professional and business licenses, contractor licenses and much more. Appanoose augusta bear creek carthage chili durham fountain green hancock harmony laharp montebello pilot grove pontoosuc prairie rock creek sonora sonora complete map sections 6 st. Plat books contain maps of each township with land. Illinois state geological survey public land survey system. A part of the center for hancock county history, the mormon collection contains a wide variety of materials relating to the mormon era in nauvoo 18391846. We are reliably informed that she was 102 years old on the 14th day of february last 1880, having been born that day, 1778. We also own two copies of mclean county combined indexed atlases, 18561914. Swedishamerican historical book collection north park university swedishamerican. Contemporary commercial plat book publishers tend to focus on specific geographic regions.
View hancock county, il gis map that compiles agricultural data, including farmland values, soil productivity ratings, crop mix, and parcel ownership. The history of hancock county, illinois published by the chas. Illinois county land ownership maps and atlases illinois state library. In addition to the call number and title, please indicate on the call slip the size of map you are requesting large, small, or dissected. The 19th century county atlas plat book is more popular than ever, not only with genealogists, but with newer audiences finding them useful for historic site and environmental research. Hancock county, oh plat map property lines, land ownership. Hancock county tax information website is being provided solely for the convenience of the persons accessing the information, for purposes of providing simplified access to the public records contained in the offices of the hancock county courthouse. Contact us although we are a separate organization, the hancock county historical society is located in the same building as the kibbe hancock heritage museum. Hancock county, il plat map property lines, land ownership. The data set within the esri arcgis map viewer contains illinois public land survey system plss boundaries. Editors frequently monitor and verify these resources on a routine basis. The acrevalue hancock county, il plat map, sourced from the hancock county, il tax assessor, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres.
Archives center for hancock county history libraries. Tracy coldren has worked in the hancock county recorders office since 2000 and took the oath of office january 2017. To perform a land record search click the link below. Map, landowners, illinois, hancock county library of congress. As of the 2010 census, its population was 494 and it contained 234 housing units. Illinois federal township plats 18041891 scans of 3,457 plats in the collection of the illinois state archives that were surveyed by the office of the u. Jul 30, 2019 the library houses a collection of bound illinois plat maps, starting in the 1960s, in shelves along the central wall on the fourth floor.
Plat map books illinois map collection at milner library guides. Hancock county illinois land atlas and plat book, 1987 family history library hancock county, illinois land ownership map, 1859 family history library land book, 18171856 family history library land entry book, 18361837 family history library. Included in the irad collection is a large number of documents from hancock county, some of which cover the mormon period in nauvoo. Hancock county gis maps search illinois county office. Learn more about historical facts of illinois counties. The acrevalue mcdonough county, il plat map, sourced from the mcdonough county, il tax assessor, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres. Illinois hancock county maps, hancock county plat books and. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed the entire object, paste this html in website to link to this page, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this page, paste this html in website. Together with an outline history of the state, and a digest of state laws, volume 2 thomas gregg brookhaven press, 1880 hancock county ill.
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