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Schuyler County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois . According to the 2010 census , it has a population of 7,544, which is an increase of 4.9% from 7,189 in 2000. Its county seat is Rushville .
Schuyler County was formed in 1825 out of Pike and Fulton Counties . It is named in honor of Philip Schuyler , member of the Continental Congress and Senator from New York . Schuyler County for the first year after its creation, including a tract of unorganized territory temporarily attached to it. Warren and Mercer Counties were also attached to Schuyler until they could organize their own county governments. Scuyler County between 1826 and 1830. Mercer and Warren were attached to Peoria County, and the unorganized territory just north of Schuyler was formed into McDonough County; however, it did not yet have an organized government and remained attached to Schuyler. Scuyler between 1830 and 1839, after the detachment of McDonough County. Schuyler in 1839, when the creation of Brown County reduced Schuyler to its present borders.