Woodford County

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Where to Start

For the most up to date resources, please use the University's Online Catalog. The dewey call number for Woodford County typically starts with "977.353". Some common subject headings for Woodford County are:

Woodford County (Ill.) --History.
Woodford County (Ill.) --Biography.
Woodford County (Ill.) --Maps.

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County Histories

The Biographical record of Livingston and Woodford counties, Illinois. Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1900.
Call Number: 920.077361 B521

Portrait and biographical album of Woodford County, Illinois : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state and of the presidents of the United States. Chicago : Chapman Bros., 1889.
Call Number: 977.353 C36

Moore, R. L. (Roy Lewis) Geography, history and civics of Woodford County, Illinois; ed. by Roy L. Moore. [n.p.] Pub. under the direction of the officers of the Woodford County Teachers’ Association [1913?]
Call Number: 977.353 M78G

Moore, R. L. (Roy Lewis) Geography, history and civics of Woodford County, Illinois; ed. by Roy L. Moore. [n.p.] Pub. under the direction of the officers of the Woodford County Teachers’ Association [1913?]
Call Number: 977.353 M78G

Moore, R. L. (Roy Lewis) History of Woodford County. By Roy L. Moore. Eureka, Ill. : Woodford County republican, 1910.
Call Number: 977.353 M78H

The Past and present of Woodford County, Illinois. Chicago : W. LeBaron, 1878.
Call Number: 977.353 P2691975

Radford, B. J. (Benjamin Johnson), 1838-1933. History of Woodford County : giving a brief account of its settlement, organization, physical characteristics, and progress / by B.J. Radford. Eureka, Ill. : Woodford County Journal, 1972.
Call Number: 977.353 R11H1972

Woodford County Sesquicentennial History Committee. The Woodford County history, compiled by the Woodford County Sesquicentennial History Committee [with the cooperation of] Woodford County Board of Supervisors. Edited by William Yates. [Bloomington, Ill.] 1968.
Call Number: 977.353 W85W

Census

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Atlases

Rockford Map Publishers. Land atlas & plat book, Woodford County, Illinois / Rockford Map Publishers. Rockford, Ill. : Rockford Map Publishers, 1979-
Call Number: Q. 912.77353 R59T1

Combined Atlases of Woodford County, Illinois 1873, 1893, 1912, 1920. Mt. Vernon, IN : Windmill Publications, 1992.
Call Number: Q. 912.77353 C733

Rockford Map Publishers. Farm plat book and business guide, Woodford County, Illinois. [cartographic material] Rockford, [1954]
Call Number: Q. 912.77353 R59F1954

Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Standard atlas of Woodford County, Illinois, including a plat book of the villages, cities, and townships of the county. Chicago, 1912.
Call Number: F. 912.77353 OG5S

Newspapers

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Further Information

More information on can be found on our Web Resources Page as well as in the Illinois County Bibliography, which is shelved with 016.9773.

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