Bond County is today one of Illinois' smallest counties, both in size and population. However, it has a rich and important history that pre-dates statehood. The county was formed out of Madison County in 1817 as part of the Illinois Territory. It was named for Shadrach Bond, who had been a farmer, a politician, an army colonel during the War of 1812, and at the time was Receiver of Public Money. He would later be elected the state's first governor in 1818. The original boundary of Bond County was a 26 mile wide strip that started just a few miles south of its current border and stretched all the way to Lake Superior in the present state of Wisconsin. Despite its size, Bond County is home to parts of some of the most popular parks in the state. The 1,463-acre Eagle Creek State Park has several scenic trails that follow the Lake Shelbyville shoreline. Nearby Wolf Creek State Park is 2,400 acres, on Lake Shelbyville’s eastern shore. There’s also Eldon Hazlet State Park located on Carlyle Lake, the largest manmade reservoir in the state. Carlyle Lake is home to South Shore State Park, where more than 200,000 waterfowl drop by each winter during their migratory travels north and south. Let’s see the Illinois Golf Courses in Bond County.
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