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Jersey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 22,985.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/17083.html )〕 The county seat is Jerseyville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Jersey County is included in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== Jersey County lies just northeast of where the great Mississippi and Illinois rivers meet. It is the former home of the Kickapoo, Menomini, Potawatomi, and Illiniwek Confederation American Indians. The first European explorers to visit the area, Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet, arrived in 1673,〔(Jersey County description & history ), retrieved August 24, 2007〕 where they encountered the fearsome painting of the Piasa bird. The present day Pere Marquette State Park, located near Grafton, is named in Father Marquette's honor, and a monument to him is located at the park. Jersey County was founded on February 28, 1839, and was formed out of Greene County. The county was named for the state of New Jersey, from which many of the early settlers emigrated - which was itself named for the Channel Island of Jersey in Great Britain. The area quickly evolved into several small agricultural communities. As the area soon began to flourish, a county government was established and a courthouse was built in Jerseyville, the county seat. The present courthouse is a magnificent architectural structure that was built in 1893. File:Jersey County Illinois 1839.png|Jersey County at the time of its creation in 1839 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「Jersey County, Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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