#Population of chicago 1930 registration#

15 January 1831: Cook County was created from Putnam County by an act of the Illinois State Legislature as the 54th county established in Illinois.It is located in the Northeast area of the state. The County Seat is Chicago and was founded January 15, 1831. Representative from Illinois and the state's first Attorney General. The county was named for Daniel Cook, one of the earliest and youngest statesmen in Illinois history. Just over half the county's population reside in Chicago, the county seat. As of 2005, Cook County was the second most populous county in the United States (after Los Angeles), with a population of 5.3 million. Parts of Cook County were subsequently carved off to form Lake, DuPage, Will, and McHenry counties, trimming the county to its current size of 946 square miles. When the county was formed in 1831, it's total population was about one hundred people, spread over 2,464 square miles. Cook who was the first Attorney General of the State of Illinois and Representative in Congress from 1819 to 1827. For further information about where the records for Cook County are kept, see the Cook County Courthouse page.Ĭook County was named for Daniel P. Chicago Title Insurance (found in the Cook County Recorder's Office)Ĭounty records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository.Some alternate records are available for these records prior to 1871, which were destroyed in the Chicago fire.

#Population of chicago 1930 registration#

*Statewide registration for births and deaths started 1916. 9.1 FamilySearch Historical Records CollectionsĬook County Organization Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records.6.20.3 Cook County, Illinois Deaths - Online, Index and Images.

6.20.2 Cook County, Illinois Marriages - Online, Index and Images.

6.20.1 Cook County, Illinois Births - Online, Index and Images.

6.2.3 Illinois and Michigan Canal and Regional History Special Collection.

6.2.1 Illinois Regional Archives Depository.