Clinton County, Illinois History and Genealogy part of the Genealogy Trails Group Volunteers dedicated to putting genealogical and historical data online Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This county site is available for adoption! If you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic webpage-making skills, consider joining us! Get the details on our Volunteer Page. [A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.] We regret that we are unable to do personal research for anyone. All data we come across will be added to this site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view the updates we make to this site Clinton County Population 2000: 35,535 County seat: Carlyle Named for N.Y. Governor DeWitt Clinton CLINTON COUNTY, organized in 1824, from portions of Washington, Bond and Fayette Counties, and named in honor of De Witt Clinton. It is situated directly east of St. Louis, has an area of 494 square miles, and a population (1900) of 19,824. It is drained by the Kaskaskia River and by Shoal, Crooked, Sugar and Beaver Creeks. Its geological formation is similar to that of other counties in the same section. Thick layers of limestone lie near the surface, with coal seams underlying the same at varying depths. The soil is varied, being at some points black and loamy and at others (under timber) decidedly clayey. The timber has been mainly cut for fuel because of the inherent difficulties attending coal-mining. Two railroads cross the county from east to west, but its trade is not important. Agriculture is the chief occupation, corn, wheat and oats being the staple products. (Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, 1901) Towns and Cities Townships Village of Albers Village of Aviston Village of Bartelso Village of Beckemeyer Boulder City of Breese City of Carlyle Village of Damiansville Ferrin Village of Germantown Village of Hoffman Village of Huey Village of Keyesport Village of New Baden New Memphis Posey City of Trenton Breese Township Brookside Township Carlyle Township Clement Township East Fork Township Germantown Township Irishtown Township Lake Township Looking Glass Township Meridian Township St Rose Township Santa Fe Township Sugar Creek Township Wade Township Wheatfield Township Clinton County Records Biographies Birth Records Cemeteries Census Records Church Histories / Records County Records Index to Death Records Surnames: A-F | G-L | M-R | S-Z Family Bibles and Records History Topics Marriage Records Military Records Miscellaneous Data News Gleanings Obituaries and Death Notices School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates Oct 2024:  Sicklist news for BAEHR Obits for SHARP, WEBER, KRAMER, HILMES, HETZEL, BAEHR, KOCH, ACKMANN, BUSSELMANN PREVIOUS UPDATES Clinton Circuit Clerk 850 Fairfax Street P. O. Box 407 Carlyle, IL 62231-1840 (618) 594-2464 Ext. 620 Clinton County Clerk 850 Fairfax Street P. O. Box 308 Carlyle, IL 62231 (618) 594-2464 Ext. 630 Search our Sites MAILING LIST Subscribe to the Genealogy Trails MIDWEST Mailing List to be notified of updates to this website and our other county websites. Contact Us   Surrounding Counties BOND -- FAYETTE -- MADISON MARION -- ST. CLAIR -- WASHINGTON Visit the Main Illinois Genealogy Trails Website Copyright © Genealogy Trails 2025 All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.