Adams County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census,the population was 65,737. Its county seat is Quincy. Adams County is part of the Quincy,IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Quincy,known as Illinois's "Gem City",is a city in and the county seat of Adams County,Illinois,United States,located on the Mississippi River. The 2020 census counted a population of 39,463 in the city itself,down from 40,633 in 2010. As of July 1,2015,the Quincy Micro Area had an estimated population of 77,220. During the 19th century,Quincy was a thriving transportation center as riverboats and rail service linked the city to many destinations west and along the river. It was Illinois' second-largest city,surpassing Peoria in 1870. The city has several historic districts,including the Downtown Quincy Historic District and the South Side German Historic District,which display the architecture of Quincy's many German immigrants from the late 19th century.
John Pope was a United States Senator from Kentucky,a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky,Secretary of State of Kentucky,and the third Governor of Arkansas Territory.
Daniel Pope Cook was a politician,lawyer and newspaper publisher from the U.S. state of Illinois. An anti-slavery advocate,he was the state's first attorney general,and then congressman. Cook County,Illinois,is named after him.
Edward Coles was an American planter and politician,elected as the second Governor of Illinois. From an old Virginia family,Coles as a young man was a neighbor and associate of presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe,as well as,secretary to President James Madison from 1810 to 1815.
Thomas Carlin,a farmer,soldier and Jacksonian Democrat,was the seventh Governor of Illinois and also served in both houses of the Illinois General Assembly. He became the first Democrat nominated at an Illinois state convention,as well as the last Illinois governor who fought Native Americans. His gubernatorial term was noted for its inconsistency,as he had limited financial experience and the state suffered the aftereffects of the Panic of 1837 as well attempted to fund a costly Internal Improvements Act passed by the state legislature over his predecessor's objections.
Forgottonia,also spelled Forgotonia,is the name given to a 16-county region in Western Illinois in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This geographic region forms the distinctive western bulge of Illinois that is roughly equivalent to "The Tract",the Illinois portion of the Military Tract of 1812,along and west of the Fourth Principal Meridian. Since this wedge-shaped region lies between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers,it has historically been isolated from the eastern portion of Central Illinois.
Quincy Senior High School is the regional public high school for Quincy,Illinois. It is the largest high school in Adams County,Illinois,and the only high school in Quincy Public School District 172.
The John Wood Mansion was built between 1835 and 1838 by John Wood,who in 1860 became the 12th governor of Illinois on the death of Governor William Bissell. The Wood family moved into the Greek Revival home situated at 12th and State Streets in Quincy,Illinois from an unusual two-story log cabin in 1837. Quincy is the county seat of Adams County. Wood founded both the county (1825) and city (1835).
Walter Coles was a Virginia planter,military officer and Democratic politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Daniel Greene Garnsey was an American politician from New York,Michigan and Illinois.
Samuel Drake Lockwood was an Illinois lawyer and politician who served as the state's Attorney General,Secretary of State,Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court and the state's trustee on the board of the Illinois Central Railroad.
Archibald Williams was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Williams was a friend and political ally of President Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Jonas(born September 12,1801,in Exeter,England;died June 8,1864) was the first permanent Jewish resident in Quincy,Illinois. He was a member of the Illinois and Kentucky state legislatures,a leading lawyer,Freemason,and a valued friend of Abraham Lincoln.
John Patton Erwin (1795–1857) was an American Whig politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville,Tennessee from 1821 to 1822,and from 1834 to 1835.
Ozias Mather Hatch was an American politician. He was the 13th Illinois Secretary of State,serving under William Henry Bissell,John Wood,and Richard Yates Sr. During the governorship of Wood,Hatch handled most of the duties of Governor of Illinois.
Woodland Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 1020 South Fifth Street in Quincy,Illinois. Planned by politician John Wood and opened in 1846,the cemetery is a product of America's rural cemetery movement of the mid-nineteenth century. The cemetery's grave markers include smaller Victorian monuments and large Gothic Revival and Neoclassical structures. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
Louise Maertz was an American Civil War nurse,writer,and clubwoman based in Illinois.
The 1834 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 10.
George Macaulay Irwin was an American arts visionary,businessman,editor,musician and conductor. Irwin is known for his work with arts organizations on the local,state,and national levels,as well as his efforts in preserving historic architecture. He was also the founder of America’s first arts council,the Quincy Society of Fine Arts,the founder and first chairman of the Illinois Arts Council,founder and first president of the Americans for the Arts,and worked as a consultant on the committee that established the National Endowment for the Arts.
