Editing Livingston County, Illinois (section)

== History ==
Livingston was established on February 27, 1837. It was formed from parts of McLean, LaSalle, and Iroquois counties, and named after [[Edward Livingston]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n132 188]}}</ref> a prominent politician who was [[mayor of New York City]] and represented New York in the [[United States House of Representatives]] and [[Louisiana]] in both houses of [[United States Congress|Congress]]. He later served as [[Andrew Jackson|Andrew Jackson's]] [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] and as [[United States Ambassador to France|Minister to France]]. Although he had no connections to Illinois, the General Assembly found him accomplished enough to name a county after him.
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File:Livingston County Illinois 1837.png|Livingston County at the time of its creation in 1837
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