Editing Johnson County, Illinois (section)

==History==
[[Image:RichardJohnsonVP.jpg|thumb|80px|right|Richard M. Johnson]]
Johnson County was organized in 1812 out of [[Randolph County, Illinois|Randolph County]]. It was named for [[Richard Mentor Johnson]], who was then a U.S. Congressman from [[Kentucky]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA169 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=169}}</ref> In 1813, Johnson commanded a Kentucky regiment at the [[Battle of the Thames]], after which he claimed to have killed [[Tecumseh]] in hand-to-hand combat. Johnson went on to become [[Vice President of the United States]].

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File:Johnson County Illinois 1812.png|Johnson County at the time of its creation to 1816
File:Johnson County Illinois 1816.png|Johnson County between 1816 and 1818
File:Johnson County Illinois 1818.png|Johnson County between 1818 and 1843
File:Johnson County Illinois 1843.png|Johnson County in 1843, when it was reduced to its present size
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