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CUMBERLAND COUNTY, situated near the easterly part of Illinois. Area, ----- square miles. Seat of justice, Greenup. Pop. in 1850, 3,720. (Fanning's, 1853)

CUMBERLAND    a county in the E. S. E. part of Illinois, has an area of 310 square miles. It is intersected by the Embarras river, an affluent of the Wabash. The surface is diversified with prairies and tracts of timber; the soil is good. Indian corn, wheat, oats, and pork are the staples. In 1850 the county produced 217,015 bushels of corn; 5122 of wheat, and 33,906 of oats. It contained 2 churches, and 425 pupils attending public schools. The National road passes through the county. The Mississippi and Atlantic railroad, when finished, will connect it with St. Louis and Terre Haute, in Indiana. Capital, Greenup. Population, 3720.  (Baldwin's New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States..., 1854)

Total Population 1850
3718
Total Population 1860
8311
Free Black Population 1860
2
Free Black Population 1850
0
Presidential Election Result 1844
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Whig
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Democrat
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Democrat
Latitude
39.273121
Longitude
-88.240619
Type
County
County
Cumberland
State
Illinois