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