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Edgar County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- January 3, 1823
- Named after
- John Edgar
- Seat
- Paris
- Largest city
- Paris
- Total
- 624 sq mi (1,620 km )
- Land
- 623 sq mi (1,610 km )
- Water
- 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,323
- Density
- 27.1/sq mi (10.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 15th
- Website
- edgarcountyillinois .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Contains
- Chrisman
- Capital
- Paris
- Population
- 16866
- Area
- 1617
- Shares border with
- Vermillion County
- Official website
- www.co.edgar.il.us
- Image
- Edgar County Courthouse from southwest at dusk.jpg
- Households
- 7851
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- Commons category
- Edgar County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Edgar County, Illinois
- inception
- 1823-01-03
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Edgar County, Illinois
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- Edgar County
- per capita income
- 27775
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Encyclopedic overview
Edgar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 16,866. Its county seat is Paris.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edgar County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.