Jonesboro City Historical Markers

Map of Illinois State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Jonesboro

Jonesboro City Historical Markers

Jonesboro General Interest

Anna-Jonesboro

Union County was created on January 2, 1818, by an act of the Territory of Illinois. Two months later, on March 2, 1818, the County Commissioners&apos... [click for more]

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

On September 15, 1858, in the midst of the senatorial campaign of that year, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas met at Jonesboro in the third of t... [click for more]