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Coles County
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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 )
- Congressional districts
- 12th , 15th
- Website
- www .colesco .illinois .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Edward Coles
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Charleston
- Population
- 46863
- Area
- 1321
- Shares border with
- Moultrie County
- Official website
- www.co.coles.il.us
- Image
- Coles County, IL, USA courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 20972
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- Commons category
- Coles County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Coles County, Illinois
- inception
- 1830-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Coles County, Illinois
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Coles County
- per capita income
- 28495
- P12749
- Friedhelm Waldhausen
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coles County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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