1907 Licensed Automobiles in Southern Illinois

This list shows the locations and numbers of licensed vehicles in Southern Illinois cities in the period from 1907 to early 1909 as taken from an Illinois Secretary of State Report. I defined Southern Illinois to be defined as a line parallel to the Alton area. There were a total of 10,799 licensed automobiles in the State of Illinois.

Anna                        2 Marion                  3
Alton                        8 Metropolis           5
Belleville               11 Mound City          7
Carbondale            3 Murphysboro      2
Cairo                     12 Mt. Carmel           3
Carmi                    4 Mt. Vernon          7
Carterville            1 Nashville              3
Centralia               6 New Baden          1
Collinsville            1 New Athens         1
Dongola                1 Norris City            1
Duquoin                3 O’Fallon                4
East St. Louis       34 Okawville             1
Elkville                    1   Ridgeway             1
Fairfield                  1 Shawneetown     2
Frankfort                1 Sparta                   1
Galatia                    2 Ullin                      1
Godfrey                  1 Wayne City          1
Harrisburg              1 W. Frankfort       2
Herrin                     1  W. Salem             1
Lawrenceville        1 Total Cars         142

Total licensed automobiles in Williamson County = 8.

See also, Marion’s First Licensed Automobiles

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(Data compiled from 1907 Illinois Secretary of State Records by Sam Lattuca 04/28/2013)

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