Updated: 5/13/2008

Carroll County was organized in 1839, and was named for Charles Carroll, a wealthy landowner and politician from Maryland. He was one of the men who signed the Declaration Of Independence, and incidentally, was the last of the signers to die. The honor of naming the county was bestowed upon Isaac Chambers, the first settler in the county. Since Charles Carroll was one of the political heroes of the day, and since many settlers were from Maryland, Mr. Chambers decided to name the county after him.
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County Board Chairman Rod Fritz
Phone Numbers Phone (815-244-0226)
County Seat  
2008 Population 15,841
Population Change - 1990/2000 -0.8%
Land Area - Square Miles (2003) 468

Carroll County Government Offices

Office Name
Phone Number
Officer
Animal Control 244-9705 Joe Grim
Associate Judge 244-0274 Judge John Joyce
Circuit Clerk 244-0230 Sherri Miller
Circuit Judge 244-0272 Judge Val Gunnarsson
Coroner 273-2264 Matt Jones
County Board Chairman 244-0228 Rod Fritz
County Clerk & Recorder 244-0221 & 244-0223 Brian Woessner
Court Administrator 732-1197 Le Ann Brandenburg
Courthouse 244-9171  
Court Reporter 244-0272 Kerri Dufour
Emergency Services & Disaster 225-7485 Gregg Miller
GIS Department 244-0254 vacant
Health Department 244-8855 Dawn Holland
Probation Department 244-0249 Darrell Pauley
Public Defender 244-0281 Donald Schwiechs
Sheriff 244-9171 C. Jeff Doran
States Attorney 244-0290 Scott Brinkmeier
Supervisor of Assessments 244-0237 Annette Gruhn
Superintendent of Highways 244-3195 Kevin Vandendooren
Superintendent of Schools 1-815-947-3810 Marie Stiefel
Treasurer 244-0243 Diane Powers
Zoning Office 244-0284 Julie Yuswak

  Cities & Village Officers

Village of Chadwick - P.O. Box 385 - Chadwick, Illinois 61014 ** 815-684-5188
President - Velma McNeal
Clerk - Janice M. Queckboerner
City of Lanark - 108 W. Carroll - Lanark, Illinois 61046 ** 815-493-2431
Mayor- Edward Stern
Clerk - Jackie Hawbecker
Village of Milledgeville - P.O. Box 639 - Milledgeville Illinois 61051 ** 815-225-7231
President - Galen L. Wirth
Clerk - Joanne Ludewig
City of Mount Carroll - 302 N. Main - Mount Carroll Illinois 61053 ** 815-244-4424
Mayor - Carl Bates
Clerk - Julie A. Cuckler
City of Savanna - 101 Main - Savanna Illinois 61074 ** 815-273-2251
Mayor- Larry Stebbins
Clerk - Paul Hartman
Village of Shannon - P.O. Box 25 - Shannon Illinois 61078 ** 815-864-2194
Mayor - Bonnie Heckman Foust
Clerk - Denise Hammer
Village of Thomson - P.O. Box 244 - Thomson Illinois 61285 ** 815-259-3905
President - Jerry Hebeler
Clerk - Arleta Vian
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