Golconda, IL

GOLCONDA    a post-village, capital of Pope county, Illinois, on Ohio river, at the mouth of Lusk creek, 220 miles S. S. E. from Springfield. It has a brick court house.  (Baldwin's New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States..., 1854)

GOLCONDA   A post village, capital of Pope county, on the Ohio river, at the mouth of Lusk creek, 220 miles south-south-east from Springfield. A brick court house adds to the beauty of the place. Considerable business is done at this point. J. M. Boicourt, Postmaster.  (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)