Local Wiki
Iroquois County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 7, 2026- County Board meets
- Second Tuesday of each month at 9:00 a.m.
- Meeting location
- Clifford Bury Administrative Center, 1001 E. Grant St., Watseka, IL 60970.
- County Clerk
- Breein B. Suver · 815-432-6960 · bsuver@iroquoiscountyil.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://iroquoiscountyil.gov/minutes-agendas/
- Chair, County Board
- Iroquois County Board, 20 members elected from 4 multi-member districts. Chairman: Paul Ducat, elected at the December 2, 2024 organizational session, succeeding retiring Chairman John Shure — a real leadership change since 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 (2)
- Gilman
- Watseka
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
Villages (19)
- Ashkum
- Beaverville
- Buckley
- Chebanse (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Cissna Park
- Clifton (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Crescent City
- Danforth
- Donovan
- Iroquois
- Loda
- Martinton
- Milford
- Onarga
- Papineau
- Sheldon
- Thawville
- Wellington
- Woodland
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 (7)
- Central CUSD 4
- Cissna Park CUSD 6
- Crescent Iroquois CUSD 249
- Donovan CUSD 3
- Iroquois County CUSD 9
- Iroquois West CUSD 10
- Milford Area Psd 124
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Special districts · Cemetery (2)
- Gilman Cemetery District
- Sugar Creek Cemetery District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Drainage (70)
- Artesia Drainage District 3
- Artesia Drainage District 4
- Artesia Ridgeland Drainage District 1
- Artesia Ridgeland Drainage District 3
- Artesia-Ash Grove Township Union Mutual Drainage District 3
- Artesia-Onarga Union Drainage District 2
- Ash Grove Drainage District 1
- Ash Grove Mutual Drainage District 1
- Ashkum Danforth Union Drainage District 1
- Ashkum Drainage District 1
- Beaver Drainage District 1
- Beaver Drainage District 2
- Beaver Drainage District 3
- Belmont Drainage District 1
- Belmont Drainage District 2
- Bergan Goodman Taylor Drainage District
- Big Beaver Drainage and Levee District
- Blackson Drainage District 1
- Chebanse Drainage District 1
- Concord Drainage District 1
- Coon Creek Drainage District
- Crescent Drainage District 1
- Crescent Iroquois Drainage District 2
- Crescent Onarga Ashgrove Mutual Drainage District 1
- Danforth Drainage District 2
- Danforth Drainage District 3
- Danforth Drainage District 5
- Danforth Drainage District 6
- Danforth-Ashkum Township Drainage District 2
- Danforth-Douglas Union Drainage District 1
- Eastburn Drainage District 1
- Eastburn Drainage District 2
- Eastburn Drainage District 3
- Fountain Creek Drainage District 1
- Fountain Creek Drainage District 2
- Fountain Creek Love Joy Drainage District
- Iroquois Crescent Drainage District 1
- Iroquois Drainage District 1
- Iroquois Drainage District 2
- La Hogue Drainage District 1
- Martinton Drainage District 2
- Martinton Drainage District 3
- Martinton Drainage District 4
- Martinton Iroquois Union Drainage District 1
- Middleport Drainage District #1 Main
- Middleport Drainage District 1
- Milford Lovejoy Drainage District
- Milks Grove Special Drainage District 1
- MUD Creek Drainage District
- North Sheldon South Concord Drainage District
- Onarga #6 Drainage District
- Onarga Douglas Danforth Drainage District
- Onarga Drainage District 2
- Onarga Drainage District 3
- Onarga Drainage District 4
- Onarga Drainage District 5
- Onarga-Ridgeland Drainage District 1
- Onarga-Ridgeland Drainage District 2
- Papineau Drainage District 3
- Papineau-Martinton Union Drainage District 1
- Pigeon Creek Drainage District
- Pigeon Grove Fountain Creek Drainage District 1
- Pond Lily Drainage District
- Possum Trot Drainage District 1
- Ridgeland Drainage District 2
- Shavetail Ash Grove Crescent Onarga Drainage District 1
- Sheldon Drainage District 1
- Spring Creek Drainage District of Iroquois County
- Stockland Prairie Green Union Drainage District 1
- Whiskey Creek Drainage District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Fire Protection (20)
- Ashkum Township Fire Protection District
- Beaver Fire Protection District
- Beaverville Fire Protection District
- Buckley Fire Protection District
- Chebanse Fire Protection District
- Cissna Park Fire Protection District
- Concord Fire Protection District
- Crescent Iroquois Fire Protection District
- Danforth Fire Protection District
- Gilman Community Fire Protection District
- Iroquois Ford Fire Protection District
- Loda Fire Protection District
- Martinton Fire Protection District
- Milford Fire Protection District
- Onarga Fire Protection District
- Papineau Fire Protection District
- Sheldon Fire Protection District
- Stockland Fire Protection District
- Wellington Greer Fire Protection District
- Woodland Fire Protection District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Library (7)
- Central Citizens Public Library District
- Cissna Park Community Public Library District
- Clifton Public Library District
- Gilman Danforth Public Library District (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Milford Public Library District (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Onarga Public Library District
- Sheldon Public Library District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts) · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
Special districts · Parks & Recreation (3)
- Douglas Park District
- Milford Township Park District
- Watseka Park District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Sewer (1)
- Loda Sanitary District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)
Special districts · Soil & Water Conservation (1)
- Iroquois County Soil and Water Conservation District
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)