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Du Quoin
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city in Perry County, Illinois, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Du Quoin is referenced by 312 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, list of municipalities in Illinois and Illini and Saluki.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
Vinony files it under 1853 establishments in Illinois, Cities in Illinois and Cities in Perry County, Illinois.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Perry
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Body
- City Commission
- Total
- 7.06 sq mi (18.29 km )
- Land
- 6.98 sq mi (18.07 km )
- Water
- 0.081 sq mi (0.21 km )
- Elevation
- 449 ft (137 m)
- Density
- 835.0/sq mi (322.38/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-21267
- Website
- duquoin .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Du Quoin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Perry County
- Population
- 5827
- Area
- 18.285291
- Elevation
- 143
- Official website
- www.duquoin.org
- Image
- Main Street, DuQuion, Illinois, September 2019.jpg
- Households
- 2657
- Dialing code
- 618
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- Commons category
- Du Quoin, Illinois
- postal code
- 62832
- inception
- 1853-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Du Quoin, Illinois
- water as percent of area
- 1.1451
- per capita income
- 24500
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Encyclopedic overview
Du Quoin (/duːˈkɔɪn/ doo-KOYN) is a city in Perry County, Illinois, United States. Its name reflects an alternate spelling of the surname of Jean Baptiste de Coigne, a chief of the Tamaroa and later Kaskaskia indigenous people of the area during the American Revolutionary War and early statehood. As of the 2020 census, Du Quoin had a population of 5,827. It is best known for hosting the annual DuQuoin State Fair and the Street Machine Nationals.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Du Quoin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.