14 Forgottonia Counties
These are the 14 counties from Neal Gamm's original list. These Illinois county governments joined the movement in 1972.
- Adams
- Brown
- Calhoun
- Cass
- Fulton
- Hancock
- Henderson
- Knox
- McDonough
- Morgan
- Pike
- Schuyler
- Scott
- Warren
The unincorporated village of Bernadotte, in Fulton County, which is four miles north of Ipava on the Spoon River, has the distinction of having once been considered as the site for the capital of Illinois, prior to the capital being located at Vandalia in 1820. Vandalia was selected over Bernadotte by the difference of one vote. The 2010 US Census population of Forgottonia (14 counties) is 324,389 residents.
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