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McDonough County

Official County Record

Official source, last checked Sep 7, 2026

County Board meets: Third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Meeting location: Co-op Training Room, Zahren Building, 130 S. Lafayette St., Macomb, IL 61455.
County Clerk: Gretchen DeJaynes · 309-833-2474 · gdejaynes@mcdonoughcountyclerk.org
Agendas posted at: http://mcg.mcdonough.il.us/agendas.shtml
Chair, County Board: McDonough County Board, 21 members elected from 3 districts. Chair: Eric Blakeley (Vice-Chair: Mike Cox). Real leadership change since the December 2025 directory, which had listed Scott Schwerer.

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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)

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 (8)

Bardolph
Blandinsville
Good Hope
Industry
Plymouth
Prairie City
Sciota
Tennessee

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024

School districts (3)

Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170
Macomb CUSD 185
West Prairie CUSD 103

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only

Special districts · Airport (1)

Macomb Airport Authority (official website, opens in a new tab)

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 · Cemetery (1)

Colchester Township Cemetery District