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

Images

  • jodaviess-postcard
  • jodaviess-Thall Bob, Seagrams County Court House Archives, Library of Congress, LC-S35-BT2-1
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