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Cass County was formed in 1837 out of Morgan County. It was named in honor of Lewis Cass, a general in the War of 1812, Governor of the Michigan Territory, and United States Secretary of State in 1860, and at one time a prominent candidate for the Presidency. Cass County has a population of approximately 15,000. The county seat is Virginia....Click Here For More

Cass County was formed in 1837 out of Morgan County. It was named in honor of Lewis Cass, a general in the War of 1812, Governor of the Michigan Territory, and United States Secretary of State in 1860, and at one time a prominent candidate for the Presidency. Cass County has a population of approximately 15,000. The county seat is Virginia.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 384 square miles, of which 376 square miles is land, and 8 square miles (2.04%) is water.

Cass County is divided into these eleven townships:

* Arenzville
* Ashland
* Beardstown
* Bluff Springs
* Chandlerville
* Hagener
* Newmansville
* Panther Creek
* Philadelphia
* Sangamon Valley
* Virginia