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Gallatin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 5,589,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/17059.html )〕 making it the fifth-least populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Shawneetown.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt". Being located at the mouth of the Wabash River, Gallatin County, along with neighboring Posey County, Indiana, and Union County, Kentucky form the tri-point of the Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky Tri-State Area. == History == Salt production served as the state's first major industry in the early 19th century. Saltworks developed first by Native Americans and the French at the Great Salt Spring on the south side of the Saline River about five miles downstream from Equality. Beginning in 1803, salt works developed also at Half Moon Lick southwest of Equality on the north side of the Saline River. Today Half Moon Lick is on private land, but the Great Salt Springs are located on public lands in the Shawnee National Forest about one mile west of the Saline River bridge across Illinois Route 1 on Salt Well Road.〔Jon Musgrave. 2004, Rev. ed. 2005. ''(Slaves, Salt, Sex & Mr. Crenshaw: The Real Story of the Old Slave House and America's Reverse Underground Railroad )''. Marion, Ill.: IllinoisHistory.com. 57-65.〕 The county was organized in 1812, having been formed from Randolph County. The county was named for Albert Gallatin, who was Secretary of the Treasury at the time. At that time the bank at Shawneetown was the only bank in Illinois. It was the one later associated with the John Marshall House, which has been rebuilt and serves as museum for the Gallatin County Historical Society. It is not to be confused with the larger State Bank of Illinois building that is now a state historic site about a block away in what is now Old Shawneetown File:Gallatin County Illinois 1812.png|Gallatin County in the Illinois Territory between 1812 and 1815 File:Gallatin County Illinois 1815.png|Gallatin between 1815 and 1816 File:Gallatin County Illinois 1816.png|Gallatin between 1816 and 1818, including unorganized territory (formerly part of Johnson County) temporarily attached to it.〔White, Jesse. ''Origin and Evolution of Illinois Counties.'' State of Illinois, March 2010. ()〕 File:Gallatin County Illinois 1818.png|Gallatin between 1818 and 1847 File:Gallatin County Illinois 1847.png|Gallatin in 1847, when a cession to Hardin and the creation of Saline County reduced it to its current territory 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gallatin County, Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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