History:
Woodford County was formed in 1841 out of Tazewell and McLean Counties. The County was named for Woodford County, Kentucky, which was named for General William Woodford, who was with General George Washington at Valley Forge.
More history on Woodford County can be found on Wikipedia.
Books
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"Atlas and Plat Book of Woodford County, Illinois." The Washburn Leader, 1920. Maps of the townships of Woodford County showing who owned land and where. It includes interesting old advertisments and an undated Honor Roll of all men from Woodford Co at service in home and overseas.
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"Atlas of Woodford Co and the State of Illinois." Warner & Beers, Chicago, 1873. Plat maps of the townships inWoodford Co in 1873 showing who owned land and where. Includes a patron directory but all landowners are not listed in the directory. Also has a few drawings of farm residences in that county.
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"History of Woodford County: A Consice History of the Settlement and Growth of Woodford County." Roy L. Moore, (Woodford County Republican, Eureka, IL reprinted by Higginson Book Co) 1910 Non-indexed history of Woodford Co, IL from the earliest settlements to 1910.
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"The Past and Present of Woodford County, Illinois." Wm. Le Baron, Jr., & Co 1878. History of Woodford Co, Illinois which includes histories of each township, war records and a biographical directory. Over 600 pages of non-indexed goodies. For best results, please give me a township to go with the name.
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"A Souvenir History of Woodford County 1841-1991." Woodford Co Sesquicentennial Committee, Inc, Heritage House Pub, 1991 (?). Bits and pieces about the history of Woodford Co, IL. Non-indexed so a township is preferred when asking for a lookup from this source.
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"The Woodford County History." Woodford County Sesquicentennial History Committee, Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co, Bloomington, IL , 1968. Histories of each township in Woodford Co and some of the families in each of those townships.
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