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Talk:Latah County, Idaho

message: Added new template box and removed superceded box. We still need a map of the county. --Robbie Giles 15:58, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New template for county

message: During the Moscow/U of I murder saga, at least one police higher up has been pronouncing Latah County like it rhymes with "Utah", not "beta", as provided in the IPA given. Does this need to be corrected or do folks pronounce it both ways? Any locals working on this article? YellowAries2010 (talk) 06:30, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation question
Talk:Lemhi County, Idaho

message: ?
24.35.88.248 (talk) 02:15, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology / Namesake
Talk:Madison County, Idaho

message: I had placed a paragraph within the "politics" section, which described an incident of schoolchildren (rather indelicately) jeering the president-elect after the election and noted the mayor's apology for said comments. Post was undone with the comment "Is that really government or politics?".
While the incident in question is certainly over the top, I tend to think they DO represent the political views of a vocal minority out there - for instance, I was recently told by a relative that "they" would soon make it illegal for people to fell their own trees.
The deleted paragraph, btw, is:
"The county gained a certain amount of negative media attention following the 2008 presidential election, when elementary school students on a school bus chanted "assassinate Obama". Rexburg Mayor Shawn Larsen issued a strongly worded apology for the incident."
Any thoughts?
FrankBlissett (talk) 22:03, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Owyhee County, Idaho

message: Wondering how to edit this U.S. County Entry?
The WikiProject U.S. Counties standards might help.
Concerning the explanation of the origin of "Owyhee":  I thought it was the other way around.  Didn't Captain Cook document that the natives called their Island "Oh Why Hee"?  —EncMstr 08:24, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hawaiian fur trappers were active in the Owyhee County area in 1819 and 1820, thus the name here. --Faustus37 20:16, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Shoshone County, Idaho

message: Wondering how to edit this U.S. County Entry?
The WikiProject U.S. Counties standards might help.
"Republican leaning county" - Are you kidding? The same county that hasn't elected a Republican to local office in almost 30 years?  They may vote GOP at the federal level, but Shoshone County is Blue Dog Central.
24.32.250.58 (talk) 01:53, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Bureau County, Illinois

message: Wondering how to edit this U.S. County Entry?
Please stop removing the cited and documented rename negro creek information. It is cited, documents and there are scores of examples accross Wikipedia in which local issues are noted on the page of the locality
I am seeking a consensus on whether the three year old "negro creek" controversy which has received national attention should be included to expand this page. I hope to hear from others and will wait a reasonable about of time before adding the content, at which time if there is no response,I will assume silence is acceptance and add the content. Cosand (talk) 18:41, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I noticed a number of references are the url to a Google Book link. I though editors might be interested in a tool which takes a link as input and creates a (usually) properly formatted ref.
Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books
I used it to improve two such references.
It really helps creates a much cleaner list of references. I hope you will try it.--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:52, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: Not listed among "notable people" from Bureau County is former US Senator Charles Wayland (Curly) Brooks. Brooks's official biography states that he was born in "West Bureau, Illinois", evidently somewhere near Wyanet.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.212.80.149 (talk) 21:40, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, I've added him. Graham87 04:11, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Bureau Countians
Talk:Calhoun County, Illinois

message: Plagiarism is too strong a charge, but it is not at all clear that the section is copied verbatim from Carpenter, George W. 1934. History of Calhoun County. Jerseyville IL: Democrat Print. Proper presentation would clarify that the claims in the section are Carpenter's, not the article author's measured amalgam of current knowledge, nor any guarantee that the claims are generally accepted by those knowledgeable on the topic or otherwise to be taken as established knowledge. Readers are given no indication, for example, if this assertion reflects up-to-date knowledge: "There can be little doubt that it was at this place that the Marquette-Joliet party stopped for the night." The section should at least be re-cast in accordance with basic Wikipedia norms [] Barefoot through the chollas (talk) 17:49, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marquette and Joliet Exploration - improperly sourced and presented, verging on plagiarism
Talk:Crawford County, Illinois

message: thumbSomeone keeps changing the 1816 historical map to say Lake Michigan instead of Lake Superior. Superior is correct. It was the northern limit of the Illinois Territory at the time. Crawford County is older than the state. I've posted the territory map here to see what I mean. Fishal (talk) 11:07, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  1816 map 

message: Cynthia Ann Parker was born in this county. Kdammers (talk) 05:35, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Significant daughter
Talk:DeKalb County, Illinois

message: As this is the first time we've tried this, I apologize in advance if this is not the best way to tag a page without going in and changing it. 
Issue: Text claims "white men" were the first settlers of the area a) in a paragraph which race and gender do not appear to be relevant, and b) without any citation. 
Why the stipulation of "white men" here? 
A sensible edit could read, "...settlements began in DeKalb County along the streams and..." (instead of "white men began to settle in DeKalb County along the streams and...").
Thanks very much in advance for your insight and guidance on this topic.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Allmalegaynudehempfarmers (talk • contribs) 00:32, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "White men"
Talk:Douglas County, Illinois

message: The results are inaccessible (without entering the editor) due to layout problems. Could someone who knows how to fix this do so? Normally I would just fix it but I have no idea how to. William on Tires (talk) 00:41, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Presidential election results
Talk:Edgar County, Illinois

message: Mention how that odd notch in the north county border came about. Something about Indian treaties. Jidanni (talk) 14:08, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Funky notch in north border
Talk:Fulton County, Illinois

message: Wondering how to edit this U.S. County Entry?
The WikiProject U.S. Counties standards might help.
I feel that it's worth mentioning that Fulton County is the location of the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois, the setting of the TV series Roseanne. Pygmypony (talk) 10:21, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Gallatin County, Illinois

message: How do you pronounce "Gallatin"? I always thought the stress on the first syllable like "gallopin'" but I just saw a video where someone was saying "ga-LAT-in". Could someone add the pronunciation to the article? DBlomgren (talk) 01:53, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation of Gallatin
Talk:Kankakee County, Illinois

message: The whole county is considered part of Chicagoland for census purposes.  It is easier to add up county populations, even if not all of the county is urbanized.  (It can be misleading, I agree).  If you have a source that says how much of the southern part of Kankakee's economic activity is attributable to Watseka (pop. 5,670) compared to Chicago (pop. 2,842,518), please restore the claim and add the source.  Otherwise, perhaps a statement focusing on the low population density (with a source) would be the best way to convey the rural nature of southern Kankakee county.  Thanks. Ufwuct 17:15, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Chicagoland
Talk:Lake County, Illinois

message: This article contains much interesting information; however, there is a date conlict.
The article states that the Half Day Inn (constructed in 1843) was older than the Caspar Ott Cabin,
built in 1837. Although the Half Day Inn was torn down several years ago, in order to be fair,
someone should still research these dates further and correct the mistake. Thanks.
This article identifies cities, towns and villages in Lake County but is mostly identifying only those which are entirely within Lake County. There are many others which have some or most of their boundaries within Lake County which should be listed here as they are on other county listings. I will put together a list of the missing municipalities and edit accordingly at a future time.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.98.233.142 (talk) 15:03, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

message: Mention why the western townships are longer horizontally. Jidanni (talk) 15:39, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oblong townships
Talk:Livingston County, Illinois

message: Is this really worthy of its own section?  At most, it would seem to warrant a mention in the context of notable residents. The biographical information re: Mr. Attig is not germane.  This section also needs serious copy editing.  Dhoruba (talk) 01:20, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Donald Attig

message: The county is well known for the horror movie franchise Halloween and where Michael Myers resides in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois. 
I removed the above. Derekbd (talk) 15:35, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: The Halloween Movie County

message: The Dwight Correctional Facility is closed. Since the abolition of the death penalty, neither prison houses death row inmates.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:D:3780:3BD:3490:1637:A30D:726 (talk) 16:46, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correctional Centers 
Talk:Macoupin County, Illinois

message: It would be great if someone could add the pronunciation of "Macoupin". Is it /məˈkoʊpɪn/? /məˈkupɪn/? Something else? —Mr. Granger (talk · contribs) 01:14, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: The version 20:48, 15 April 2020‎ Whoisjohngalt of this article is translated into Chinese Wikipedia to extend an existing stub.--Wing (talk) 10:24, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation into Chinese Wikipedia 

message: Really? What about the offices in the county courthouse? Barefoot through the chollas (talk) 14:57, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  ...the main county building occupying the central city block. This building houses all the offices of the county 

message: To some extent, yes, but not to the extent implied in that text. With no reference to justify the claims, it would be more accurate to describe the general impression, which is that many of the smaller family farms have been absorbed into larger family operations, along with some consolidation into large-scale corporate entities. Barefoot through the chollas (talk) 15:48, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  farming became a large-scale corporate enterprise, with small family farms rapidly disappearing?
Talk:Madison County, Illinois

message: My great-grandfather, Wilbur Theodore Norton, at one time the editor of the Alton Evening Telegraph newspaper, wrote a history book that likely would contain material appropriate for this article and perhaps for the Illinois article as well. I do not have a copy, but surely one can be found. The book is: Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois and Its People 1812 to 1912. Edited and Compiled by W. T. Norton. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1912.
Snezzy (talk) 22:09, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Source for material

message: I removed the  from these as there is no wiki link to anything inside the encyclopedia. Please remember to check these links once you place them, otherwise they are useless and show up red. Happy Editing, Dustitalk to me 18:19, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Gordon Maag, and Judicial Hellhole

message: The popup thumbnail when mousing over Madison County, Illinois is the older
:File:Madison_County_Illinois_1812.png not the current borders. Somebody fix it please! Jidanni (talk) 12:17, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong thumbnail map
Talk:McHenry County, Illinois

message: Mention why the eastern townships are longer horizontally. Jidanni (talk) 15:37, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oblong townships
Talk:McLean County, Illinois

message: So whatever became of Holder?  Every grain elevator deserves some respect. Wahkeenah 23:14, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Towns

message: Wouldn't you say the pronunciation is muh-CLAIN, with a schwa, not mac-LAYN?  BlongerBros 04:18, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronuncation

message: Is this really important enough to be front and center in the article?  I don't see it mentioned in other county articles.  Are we sure it is one of the few?  Is there a complete list we can check?  And who defines adjacent?  Vermilion is adjacent to 8 counties only if you include Indiana counties AND you count the "four-corners" point with Douglas County.  I vote for moving this item into "Trivia". BlongerBros 19:50, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Adjacent Counties
Talk:Randolph County, Illinois

message: The stub linked above has no references, and is not included in this article.  The office is clearly not notable, by itself.  Please, can we merge the two? Bearian (talk) 16:17, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: While I'm not a fan of such redirects, it is of course acceptable. Fram (talk) 19:26, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Randolph County Sheriff's Office (Illinois)]]
Talk:Saline County, Illinois

message: I've noticed two issues, which are related.  I wanted to mention them here to provide more detail than I can in the edit summary.
1.  The data that I have from the U. S. Census doesn't show any CDPs in Saline County, but there is a list of CDPs in the article.  I'll change the heading to "Unincorporated communities".
2.  The USGS lists 25 of unincorporated communities, but the article lists 84 of them.  At least a few of those 25 may not actually exist any more -- it's typical of USGS data to continue listing towns long after they have faded away.  That's not necessarily bad, and after all, there's probably no definition of when an unincorporated town ceases to be a "town" and becomes just a collection of two or three houses, as often happens.  The point is I'm not sure where the 84 came from, although I do see that at least some of the 13 townships are included.  I'll list the townships separately and can then narrow down the list using USGS data.  Omnedon (talk) 13:20, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: CDPs / unincorporated communities
Talk:Sangamon County, Illinois

message: Would it make sense to set up a disambiguation page for "Sangamon", with a hatnote at the top of this page saying for other uses see...?  When I searched for this term, I was brought directly to this page, but was actually looking for Sangamonian (stage).  I also note there are a number of other places called Sangamon. --Robthepiper (talk) 18:14, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation 

message: This article about Sangamon County has a Government section that only mentions the existence of a state agency headquarters.  I plan to add information about the government of the county but can anyone explain the relevance of the IDOT building here?UnbelievableError (talk) 21:16, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Government section
Talk:Woodford County, Illinois

message: I suppose a short explanation of the long history section is in order. I've spent a lot of time at Wikipedia locating and posting up links to county-level histories. I've always suspected this was important and that solid "modern" histories could be constructed from these old sources. I just wanted to test the theory by trying to do it myself, and by luck of the draw Woodford County was the test case. I've never been to Woodford County, I don't know anyone who lives there, nobody from Woodford County is paying me — I just wanted to see whether pdfs of dusty old books could generate "fresh" history. It seems they can. —Tim Davenport, Corvallis, OR /// ShoeHutch@gmail.com /// Carrite (talk) 18:54, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: What the heck?!?!
Talk:Bartholomew County, Indiana

message: The county was named for Lt. Col. Joseph Bartholomew (1766-1840), not for Joseph Bartholemew (1843-1901) the state supreme court justice (who was Lt Col Joseph Bartholomew's grandson).  Nate 04:05, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Name of county
Talk:Blackford County, Indiana

message: Wondering how to edit this U.S. County Entry?
The WikiProject U.S. Counties standards might help.
::I am working to upgrade BC using Warren County and Harrison County somewhat as templates along with the WikiProject U.S. Counties.TwoScars (talk) 04:10, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: 3811 S. State Road 3, Hartford City, IN 47348
Reached by 300 south. Caused that road to be known as ‘flick road’. From 1960’s to 1980’s, the only XXX movies for miles and miles. Some stories:
*I grew up in Anderson, Indiana in the 60's and 70's and Blackford County Drive In was infamous. Their radio commercials were right on the edge for the time and all they showed were XXX movies and always advertised the in car heaters. Blast from the past.
*Marion High School, mid-seventies.  If you snuck in with your buddies, you were a hero at school on Monday.  If you snuck in with your girlfriend, you were a superhero.  Told my mother about the latter years after the fact, and she said, "You and she used to have some fun, didn't you?"  I was shocked.
*Muncie native here. I remember begging my mom to take me to the Blackford because Cinderella was showing--she then informed me it wasn't 'the good Cinderella.' lol
With some sourcing, this could spice up the article. 2A00:23C3:E284:900:600A:ABFD:4E8:C819 (talk) 22:22, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Blackford County Drive-In
Talk:Brown County, Indiana

message: The figures cited (and sourced) seem inaccurate in the presence of the other data and information cited about those claiming "American" ancestry.
130.182.29.26 (talk) 01:16, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: ancestry

message: The entry says he settled in Johnson Township and has a citation. Since this entry shows Brown County does not have a Johnson Township. Some maps show Washington Township expanded to include Johnson Township.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.120.34.113 (talk) 07:38, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  William Elkins settled where? Or... What happened to Johnson Township?
Talk:Carroll County, Indiana

message: State Road 22 ends in Burlington coming from Kokomo. That should be added to the highway / state road list! --Jacobjimmy2000 (talk) 18:32, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Highways & State Roads 
Talk:Dearborn County, Indiana

message: I have corrected the caption for the photo in the demographics section, which incorrectly identified the power plants as Duke Energy's Beckjord and Miami Fort Station plants. The two plants shown in the photo are AEP's Tanner's Creek and Lawrenceburg stations (though I have only labeled Tanner's Creek as I am not sure where the boundary is between the two). Miami Fort is close to Lawrenceburg, but is not visible in the photo. Beckjord on the other hand is nowhere near Lawrenceburg. It is located 50-something miles east of Cincinnati in New Richmond. Please try to keep the facts straight. Oldiesmann (talk) 18:31, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorrect photo caption
Talk:Fulton County, Indiana

message: Wondering what the reference to Cook County is doing here. There is no Cook County, Indiana, and Cook County, Illinois, is not terribly close--nor apparently terribly relevant. Nor is there any apparent reason for the reference to "Cook County." Included in error?
Xenophonix (talk) 17:49, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Cook County?
Talk:Gibson County, Indiana

message: I just want to note and explain some of the changes I am making to the township articles for this county; since they are all affected, I thought I should put this note here on the parent county's page.  An editor has added some material to the township articles, which is great; it just hasn't always been in the same format that is often used for counties and townships.  I've done some cleanup and standardization work, such as linking "ZIP code"; moving towns out of the infobox and making sure they appear in the descriptive text instead; removing telephone exchanges from the area code field (not that this might not be useful information, but the area code field would seem to exist just for that one piece of information); adding a geography section; changing the "In-County Neighbors" heading to read "Adjacent townships", and moving the list into the geography section; adding an "education" section under which schools and colleges are listed; et cetera.  I hope the editor won't mind these changes, as I certainly don't want to discourage anyone from expanding these articles.  Also, if sources can be found to support some of the statements made, that would be helpful.  Omnedon (talk) 06:36, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Townships

message: There are several section of this article which, while of possible interest, may (perhaps) not be significant enough for mention in the article for one reason or another.  The list of elected officials, for example, is available at the cited website, so perhaps a link would be sufficient.  The sports section has mention of various awards, as well as a complete list of attendees for a 2009 cross-country invitational; this may be too fine a level of detail for this article, especially as the event was not a "county" event.  Omnedon (talk) 03:01, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggested removal or shrinking of some sections
Talk:Hamilton County, Indiana

message: Which Hamilton is the county named for?  Is it named for Alexander Hamilton, like Hamilton County, Ohio is?  --rogerd 18:21, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is indeed.  I'll add that with a source.  Reywas92Talk 18:53, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Namesake

message: I lived in Hamilton County for fifteen years and Indiana for 28, and no one once referred to Hamilton County as the "Playground of Indianapolis" in my presence.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.226.90.222 (talk) 02:27, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, and have removed that statement. Indyguy (talk) 03:03, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Playground of Indianapolis
Talk:Harrison County, Indiana

message: Apparently the locals think there are many more towns in this county: see http://home.att.net/~Local_History/Harrison-Co-IN.htm for instance. Stan 19:43, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: talking

message: I've created a map of Harrison County and have added it to this article. I've also begun copyediting, as I found quite a few things that still needed work. All the citations should now be in a consistent format. More to come... Omnedon (talk) 15:47, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There are several citations to "Harrison County Chamber of Commerce" with page numbers. However, I don't see that in the list of references, so it's not clear what document is being cited.  Does anyone know? Omnedon (talk) 15:55, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Map, et cetera
Talk:Howard County, Indiana

message: The 2012 county data is out! Its time to update the population in the first paragraph? http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/18067.html --sweepout (talk) 11:42, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  2012 Census Data 