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Livingston County, Illinois Genealogy project is a free genealogical site about the people and history of this county. We hope you find helpful clues for your research of ancestors and relatives of Woodford county.

It was in the early part of 1837 that Livingston County was organized. The tenth General Assembly, with Lincoln, Douglas and other notable members were in session. Illinois and the rest of the settled West were at that period fulfilling the ideals and hopes of Jefferson and Jackson for a country peopled by self-reliant farmers and small merchants. It was in that atmosphere of confidence and enterprise that the region of the present Livingston County was settled, with about 450 inhabitants. At one time Livingston County was the greatest corn producing county in Illinois. Pontiac is the county seat of the county.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,046 square miles, of which 1,044 square miles, is land and 1.6 square miles, (0.2%) is water. It is the fourth-largest county in Illinois by land area. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 35,815.

Our thanks to Annette Liptak for her many, many years of dedication to Livingston County genealogy and ILGenWeb as a project.