https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=5380061&GUID=A8EBE45E-D971-4197-9BFD-8760D1EB7DE4Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=5380061&GUID=A8EBE45E-D971-4197-9BFD-8760D1EB7DE4A8EBE45E-D971-4197-9BFD-8760D1EB7DE4-2022-01-18-17-26-32Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 191ST ANNIVERSARY OF COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, Cook County was founded by an act of the Illinois legislature on January 15, 1831, and WHEREAS, originally part of the commonwealth of Virginia, the area which comprises modern day Cook County was also part of the Northwest Territory and then a part of 10 separate counties as the territory was formed into states, including Illinois. The ten counties are Knox (1790), St. Clair (1801), Madison (1812), Edwards (1814), Crawford (1816), Clark (1819), Pike (1819), Fulton (1823), Peoria (1825), Putnam (1826), and WHEREAS, when formed in 1831, Cook County’s original boundaries included all of McHenry, Lake, DuPage and parts of Kane and Will. The other counties were separately created between 1836 and 1839, leading to Cook County’s current boundaries, and WHEREAS, Cook County was named for Daniel Pope Cook (1794 - October 16, 1827). Originally from Kentucky, Cook moved to Illinois and became a lawyer, newspaper publisher, politician and one of the early advocates of statehood for Illinois. An anti-slTue, 18 Jan 2022 17:26:32 GMT