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Piatt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 16,729.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/17147.html )〕 Its county seat is Monticello.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Piatt County is part of the Champaign–Urbana, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== The first settler was a Quaker named George Haworth, followed by James Martin, Abraham Hanline, Solomon Carter and William Cordell. Piatt County was formed in 1841 from Macon and Dewitt counties. Two local residents, James A. Piatt and Jesse Warner, were instrumental in forming the county. It was named after James A. Piatt after winning a coin flip against Jesse Warner. File:Piatt County Illinois 1841.png|Piatt County at the time of its creation in 1841 Abraham Lincoln practiced law in Piatt County as a circuit lawyer. Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas planned their presidential debates in Piatt County in 1858, one of which is ornamented by a marker just south of Monticello. The first courthouse was built in 1843 but replaced by the current courthouse, which was finished in 1904. Illinois Power Company was a major electric utility in Central Illinois, centered in Decatur, to the west of Piatt County. At one time, Illinois had a "personal property tax", an ad valorem tax levied by the counties on property that was not real estate. The personal property tax was a major expense for the electric utilities, since their generators and transmission lines were "personal property". Under Illinois law, a corporation, such as Illinois Power, paid personal property tax to the county in which the corporate headquarters was located. Because Piatt County offered a low tax rate, Illinois Power moved its corporate headquarters to that county. This allowed Piatt County to tax utility assets over half of the state, providing a rich source of revenue which was responsible for much of the wealth of this tiny county. 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「Piatt County, Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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