Darwin is an
unincorporated community in
Darwin Township,
Clark County,
Illinois,
United States. Darwin is located along the
Wabash River across from the state of
Indiana.
Darwin was originally called McClare's Bluff, and under the latter name had its start in the 1820s.
It became the
county seat of Clark County in 1823,
[Perrin, William Henry. ''History of Crawford and Clark counties, Illinois''. Chicago: O.L. Baskin, 1883.] and the first
Clark County Courthouse was built there in 1827. Local government remained in Darwin until relocating to
Marshall following an 1837 referendum.
References
Unincorporated communities in Clark County, Illinois
Former county seats in Illinois
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