LIVINGSTON COUNTY, situated toward the northeast part of Illinois. Area, 1.026 square, miles. Seat of justice. Pontiac. Pop. in 1840, 759 ; in 1850, 1,558. (Fanning's, 1853)
LIVINGSTON COUNTY Is situated in the north-east central part of she state, and has an area of 1,000 square miles. It is drained by the sources of Vermilion and Mason rivers, affluents of the Illinois. The surface is level, and soil fertile, and well adapted to corn and grass. Small tracts of timber land are occasionally met with, but the principal part is prairie. The St. Louis, Alton and Chicago railroad crosses the central portion of the county, and has been the means of adding greatly to its wealth and prosperity. It contains several churches, and has about 650 pupils attending public schools. Stone coal is found along the Vermilion river, and sand and lime stone in sufficient quantities for building purposes. Capital, Pontiac. Population, 5,800. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)