Lee County, Illinois
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Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,145. Its county seat is Dixon. The Dixon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area include
Lee County Courthouse
A wind farm in southeast Lee county at Interstate 39 exit 82.
Henry Lee III
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Henry Lee III was an early American patriot and politician who served as the ninth governor of Virginia and as the Virginia representative to the United States Congress. Lee's service during the Ameri
Lee County, Illinois
…in 1836 as Ogle County, and in 1839 the bottom half of Ogle County was split off as Lee County. It is largely understood that the county's name honors "Lighthorse Harry" Lee, an officer in the American Revolutionary War. An alternative theory suggests the name honors Richard Henry Lee, a member of the Continental Congress…
Posthumous portrait by James Herring, (c. 1838), after an original 18th century painting
A May 12, 1780 letter from Lee to Israel Shreve
Lee's house in Alexandria, Virginia