Growth and Changes-Past to Present

Greene County has changed from a wooded area once home to the Kickapoos and Potttawatamies. During the warring a French settler claimed this land for his motherland France. The British then later took this in 1759 in the battle of Quebec. After the French and Indian war the British controlled all this land. This was later taken by the colonies after the Revolutionary War.

Greene County was not organized until 1821, when included the present day counties of Jersey, Scott, Morgan, and Macoupin counties. In 1821, a bill passed making Greene an official county. It was named after General Nathaniel Greene, a Revolutionary War officer.

Since 1821 Greene County has developed into a highly agricultural county. It has seen change in many ways. The cobblestone streets on the square are now asphalt and the stables and horse barns have long been forgotten and torn. Population has grown greatly. The Old Country Schools are gone and the current grade school is scheduled to be replaced. 

The towns in Greene County started to be founded after the Illinois ratified its state constitution. The first town created was Carrollton in 1821 followed by White Hall in 1832, Greenfield in 1843, and Roodhouse in 1866.

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