Editing Monroe County, Illinois (section)

== Precincts ==
For census and election purposes, Monroe County is currently divided into 37 numbered precincts. However, for geographical, genealogical, and historic purposes the older, named precincts are of greater utility.
* Bluff Precinct
:named for the ubiquitous limestone cliffs it sits atop and which run along its western bounds.
* Columbia Precinct
:formerly Eagle Precinct from the original [[French language|French]] name for their settlement, ''L'Aigle''
* Harrisonville Precinct
:honors [[William Henry Harrison]] who also gave his name to a settlement
* Mitchie Precinct
:so named for the [[Mitchigamea|Mitchegamie Indians]] who at one time inhabited the extreme southern part of the county
* Moredock Precinct
:after John Moredock, territorial legislator, and Major commanding a battalion in the [[War of 1812]]
* New Design Precinct
:named after the settlement began by James Lemen, a confidante of [[Thomas Jefferson]], in 1786
* New Hanover Precinct
:as with the settlement, its name recalls [[Hanover, Germany]], hometown of the settlement's founder
* Prairie Du Long Precinct
:from [[hybrid word|hybrid]] French/English "Long Prairie", it was added in 1825, after the county's genesis, the strip along the river in 1827.
* Renault Precinct
:also a settlement, for [[Philip Francois Renault]] of the French Company of the Indies, an early exploiter of the area
* Waterloo Precinct
:formerly Fountain Precinct, from Fountain Creek which runs through it on its way to the bluffs and down to the river