Twentieth Judicial Circuit

Monroe County FYI

Named for James Monroe, statesman and fifth president of the United States. He held numerous state and national offices in nearly 50 years of public service, and was a popular Democratic-Republican president (1817–1825).

The county seat is Waterloo, where an historic courthouse, with new addition sits as the centerpiece of the Courthouse Square.

Perry County FYI

Named for Oliver Hazard Perry, a Commodore of the United States Navy, who won distinction as Commander of the fleet in the battle of Lake Erie, in 1813.

The county seat was created in Pinckneyville, and named in honor of Charles Coatesworth Pinckney, a Revolutionary War hero.

Randolph County FYI

Named for Edmund Randolph, a soldier of the Revolution, Governor of Virginia, Secretary of State of the United States and Attorney General under Washington.

Kaskaskia served as Illinois' first State Capital until 1820 when it was moved to Vandalia on the Kaskaskia River some 90 miles upstream. Kaskaskia continued as the Randolph County seat of government until the Flood of 1844 forced the County Seat to be relocated to Chester

St. Clair County FYI

Named for Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio River.

For twenty-four years the Cahokia Courthouse served as a US. Territorial courthouse and an important center of political activity in the Old Northwest.

By 1814, however, the county's jurisdiction decreased to its present size, and Belleville became the center of its increased population. Constantly threatened by floods at Cahokia, the county seat was finally moved to Belleville in 1814.

Washington County FYI

Named for George Washington, a Revolutionary General, statesman, and first president of the United States. Commander in chief of the American forces during the Revolution (1775–1783), and president of the second Constitutional Convention, he was the first president of the newly independent United States (1789–1797).