Bureau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the population was 35,503. Its county seat is Princeton, Illinois. Bureau County is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area. Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park is located partly in this county.
Bureau County was organized out of Putnam County in 1837. It is named for Pierre de Beuro, a "half-breed" (French and Native American?), who, around 18...
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Bureau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the population was 35,503. Its county seat is Princeton, Illinois. Bureau County is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area. Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park is located partly in this county.
Bureau County was organized out of Putnam County in 1837. It is named for Pierre de Beuro, a "half-breed" (French and Native American?), who, around 1818, established a trading post near where Bureau Creek empties into the Illinois River.
Like so many other areas in the Midwest, this county was on a "line" of the Underground Railroad. There was a "station" at the home of Owen Lovejoy in Princeton.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 873 square miles (2,262 km²), of which 869 square miles (2,250 km²) is land and 5 square miles (12 km²) (0.54%) is water. Big Bureau Creek is the main body of water.
A small portion of Dalzell is in LaSalle County.
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