Coles County
Also known as Coles County, Illinois, Coles County, IL
county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- Dec 25, 1830
- Named after
- Edward Coles
- Seat
- Charleston
- Largest city
- Charleston
- Total
- 510 sq mi (1,300 km )
- Land
- 508 sq mi (1,320 km )
- Water
- 1.8 sq mi (4.7 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 46,607
- Density
- 92.3/sq mi (35.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Coles County is a county in Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,863. Its county seat is Charleston, which is also the home of Eastern Illinois University.
Coles County is part of the Charleston–Mattoon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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