Carmi, IL

CARMI, p-v., capital of White co,Ill., 181 S. E. Springfield, 751 W. Situated on the w. bank of Little Wabash r., and contains a court house and several dwellings. Pop. 350.  (Haskell's Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the United States..., 1840)

CARMI, c.h., p.v., seat of justice of White co., Ill., 181 ms. S.E. of Springfield; from W. 751 ms.  Watered by Little Wabash river.  (Fanning's, 1853)

CARMI   A thriving post village, capital of White county, on Little Wabash river, 160 miles south-east from Springfield.  Philip P. Hunter, Postmaster.  (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)