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Jo Daviess County
County Seat:
Galena
Area:
614 square miles
Population:
2,111 (1830 census) - 22,678 (2010 census)
Named for:
Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, Kentucky lawyer and soldier, killed at Battle of Tippecanoe
Created on:
February 17, 1827
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