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Gallatin County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Albert Gallatin
- Seat
- Shawneetown
- Largest city
- Shawneetown
- Total
- 328 sq mi (850 km )
- Land
- 323 sq mi (840 km )
- Water
- 5.1 sq mi (13 km ) 1.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,616
- Density
- 15.3/sq mi (5.91/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- https://gallatinco.illinois.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Albert Gallatin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Shawneetown
- Population
- 4946
- Area
- 851
- Shares border with
- Union County
- Official website
- gallatinco.illinois.gov
- Image
- Gallatin County Courthouse, New Shawneetown.jpg
- Households
- 2274
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- Commons category
- Gallatin County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Gallatin County, Illinois
- inception
- 1812-00-00
- different from
- Gallatin County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Gallatin County, Illinois
- water as percent of area
- 1.6
- native label
- Gallatin County
- per capita income
- 31693
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Encyclopedic overview
Gallatin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 4,946, making it the third-least populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Shawneetown. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as Little Egypt. Located at the mouth of the Wabash River, Gallatin County, along with neighboring Posey County, Indiana, and Union County, Kentucky form the tri-point of the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gallatin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.