![]() ![]() The first county seat was Cole's Grove, a post town, in what later became Calhoun County. The east boundary was the Illinois River north to the Kankakee River to the Indiana State line on north to Wisconsin territorial line and then west to the Mississippi River to the original point at the south end. ![]() Originally Pike County began on the south junction of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. Prior to the coming of the first European settler to the future Pike County, French traders, hunters, and travelers passed through the native forests and prairies. Pike served at the Battle of Tippecanoe, and was killed in 1813 in the War of 1812. It was named in honor of Zebulon Pike, leader of the Pike Expedition in 1806 to map out the south and west portions of the Louisiana Purchase. ![]() Pike County was formed in January 1821 out of Madison County. According to the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 14,739. It is located between the Mississippi River and the Illinois River in western Illinois. ![]()
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