Warren County Overview

Overview

Warren County Overview

Address
100 West Broadway
Monmouth, IL 61462

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Hours 
Monday–Friday

8:00AM–4:30PM

Parking Information
Free Parking. Parking is located across the street from the courthouse at the intersection of North A Street and West Archer Avenue.

Warren County was established by the Illinois Legislature in the 1824-25 session. The original Warren County extended to the Mississippi and included what is now Henderson County. In 1830 Warren County was able to prove that they had the 350 inhabitants necessary to create a governing body. The county seat location was decided upon and land that is now Monmouth was surveyed and divided into lots and auctioned in 1831. Henderson County split from Warren in 1840 in part due to disputes over the location of the county seat.

The current Warren County Courthouse is actually the 4th county courthouse. The third county courthouse was located on what is now the front lawn of the current courthouse. It was in this 3rd courthouse that in June of 1841 the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith was brought before the judge for an extradition hearing. Missouri wanted to extradite Smith to face murder charges. Smith wasn't the only famous figure involved; Stephen Douglas who would later become one half of the famous Lincoln Douglas debates was the judge overseeing the hearing. There is also some evidence to suggest that Lincoln himself while not present for the hearing did some work on the case for the prosecution.

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Court Offices

Court Offices

Circuit Clerk

Denise Schreck
Phone: (309) 734-5179
Fax: (309) 734-4151

Court Reporters

Jury Commission Clerk

Chillon Stacker
Phone: (309) 734-5179                                                                                                                                                Fax: (309) 734-4151

Supervisor of Probation

Brad Bockelman
Phone: (309) 734-4137
Fax: (309) 734-4364

Probation Officers

Secretary

Joy L. Feehan

State's Attorney

Thomas R. Siegel
Phone: (309) 734-8476
Fax: (309) 734-7577

Public Defender

Kyle Worby
212 S. Main St.
Monmouth, IL 61462
Phone: (309) 306-1592
kyle@worbylaw.com

County Sheriff

Martin Edwards
Phone: (309) 734-8506
Fax: (309) 734-4946

Court Policies

Portable Electronic Device Policy

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Use the Plea/Pay button to make payments on closed cases with an outstanding balance or plead guilty and pay the fine for minor traffic and conservation offenses which do not require a court appearance.

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Appeal Form

Grievance Form

Reasonable Accommodations Request Form

Court Disability Coordinator

Denise Schreck
100 West Broadway
Monmouth, IL 61462
Office: (309) 734-5179
Fax: (309) 734-4151
E-mail: dschreck@9thjudicial.org

History

Courthouse History

The current Warren County Courthouse is a great example of Richardsonian architecture with the monumental feel and rough hewn red portage stone facade. The building was erected in 1894 at a cost of approximately $130,000. The building originally had a taller tower including a Seth Thomas Clock that was later removed. The building also featured a statue of Lady Liberty on the front gable of the building but the statue blew down in an 1895 windstorm and was not replaced. The inside of the courthouse still contains much of the original marble and ornamental metal scrollwork that was made to adorn the building in 1894.