Editing Marshall County, Illinois (section)

==History==
Marshall County was formed in 1839 out of [[Putnam County, Illinois|Putnam County]]. It was named in honor of [[John Marshall]], Chief Justice of the [[History of the Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]], who died in 1835.<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/n199 200]}}</ref>
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File:Marshall County Illinois 1839.png|Marshall County at the time of its creation
File:Marshall County Illinois 1843.png|Marshall County in 1843, when its eastern border was extended to bring it to its current size
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