Local Wiki
Coles County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 7, 2026- County Board meets
- Second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.
- Meeting location
- Room 326, Coles County Courthouse, 651 Jackson St., Charleston, IL 61920.
- County Clerk
- Julie Coe · 217-348-0501 · jcoe@colesco.illinois.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.colesco.illinois.gov/county-board
- Chair, County Board
- Coles County Board, 12 members elected from single-member districts. Chairman: Darrell Cox (confirmed unchanged from the December 2025 directory).
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
Cities (3)
- Charleston (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Mattoon (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Oakland
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
Villages (3)
- Ashmore (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Humboldt
- Lerna
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
School districts (3)
- Charleston CUSD 1
- Mattoon CUSD 2
- Oakland CUSD 5
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Special districts · Airport (1)
- Coles County Airport Authority
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Cemetery (1)
- Oakland Cemetery District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Drainage (38)
- Brewster-Rice Drainage District
- Charlston Seven Hickory Township Union Drainage District 1
- Coles-Clark Drainage District
- Coles-Moultrie Union Special Drainage District
- Consolidated Drainage District 4-12 North Okaw
- Crabapple Creek Union Drainage District 1
- Humboldt Drainage District 12
- Humboldt Drainage District 3
- Humboldt Drainage District 4
- Humboldt Drainage District 5
- Humboldt North Okaw Drainage District 1
- Humboldt-Lafayette Drainage District 10
- Kansas-Ashmore Union Drainage District
- Kickapoo Drainage District
- Lafayette Drainage District 1
- Little Wabash Drainage District
- Loxa Drainage District
- Majors Drainage District
- Mattoon Drainage District 2
- Mattoon Whitley Union Drainage District 1
- Mattoon-Lafayette Union Drainage District 1
- Mattoon-Lafayette Union Drainage District 2
- North Okaw Drainage District 3
- North Okaw Drainage District 4-12
- North Okaw Drainage District 8
- North Okaw-Humboldt Union Drainage District 2
- Paradise Township Drainage District 1
- Riley Creek Drainage District
- Seven Hickory Drainage District 1A
- Seven Hickory Drainage District 1B
- Seven Hickory Drainage District 2
- Seven Hickory Drainage District 4
- Seven Hickory Drainage District 6
- Seven Hickory-Humboldt Union Drainage District 2
- Seven Hickory-Humboldt Union Drainage District 3
- Seven Hickory-Morgan Union Drainage District 2
- Seven Hickory-Morgan Union Drainage District 3
- Shellhammer Drainage District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Fire Protection (8)
- Ashmore Fire Protection District
- Cooks Mills Fire Protection District
- Humboldt Community Fire Protection District
- Hutton Fire Protection District
- Lincoln Fire Protection District
- Oakland Community Fire Protection District
- Seven Hickory-Morgan Fire Protection District
- Wabash Fire Protection District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Housing & Community Development (1)
- Coles County Housing Authority
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Multi-Purpose (1)
- Coles County Public Building Commission
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Parks & Recreation (3)
- Charleston Township Park District
- East Oakland Park District
- Mattoon Township Park District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Soil & Water Conservation (1)
- Coles County Soil and Water Conservation District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)