Illinois County, Virginia

Not to be confused with Illinois Country.

Illinois County, Virginia, was a geographic region captured from the British during the American Revolutionary War on July 4, 1778 by George Rogers Clark of the Virginia Army, and formally recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia later that year, having an official governmental existence, including legally defined boundaries and a formal governmental structure under the laws of that state. Its existence also has a defined end-point in 1784, when the Commonwealth of Virginia ceded the land to the federal government. The area would later become part of the Northwest Territory by an Act of Congress in 1787. The county was bordered to the southeast by the Ohio River at the time of its existence. It is not within the boundaries of the modern-day state of Virginia.

See Also

• Ohio Country
• Lost counties, cities, and towns of Virginia

External Links

• Virginia County Maps and Atlases