Schuyler

Formed January 1, 1825 (39^th county)

Schuyler County (6,902), Rushville (3,003)

A nice bell and a clock tower tops the 1881 Italianate red brick and masonry courthouse.  It is on Congress at Lafayette streets.  United States Highway 24 is Congress Street in this part of the town.  Edward O. Fallis provided for the courthouse designs.  The grounds feature veteran memorials.  The county was created on January 1, 1825 out of Pike and Fulton counties as the 39^th county.  Rushville has always been the county seat.  New York Senator Philip Schuyler is the source name for the county.  The county seat is named for Doctor William Rush. 

Schuyler County government consists of a sheriff and 7 Commissioners.  Thirteen Circuit Court Judges serve Schuyler, Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Mason, Menard, and Pike counties.  The county is in western Illinois northwest of Springfield, Illinois and southeast of Peoria, Illinois.  The Illinois River forms its eastern border.  The county center is 8 miles Northwest of Rushville nearer Littleton.  The county is surrounded clockwise by McDonough, Fulton, Mason, Cass, Brown, Adams, and Hancock counties. 

The area of the county is 437 square miles.  It is 65 out of 102 in the state.  It ranks 90 out of 102 in population in the state.  It has a density of 15.8 persons per square mile making it 100 out of 102 in the state.  Schuyler County has 48.2% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 24 crosses the county northeast to southwest from Fulton County to Brown County.  United States Highway 67 enters from the north, McDonough County, and exits southeast, Cass County.  The overall county shape looks like a seat without its legs.  Rushville is slightly south of the county’s center.  Rushville is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 43.5% of the county population.

Rushville