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Henderson County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Richard Henderson
- Seat
- Oquawka
- Largest village
- Oquawka
- Total
- 395 sq mi (1,020 km )
- Land
- 379 sq mi (980 km )
- Water
- 16 sq mi (41 km ) 4.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,984
- Density
- 16.9/sq mi (6.51/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 15th
- Website
- www .hendersoncountyedc .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Richard Henderson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Oquawka
- Population
- 6387
- Area
- 1023
- Shares border with
- Des Moines County
- Official website
- www.hendersoncountyedc.com
- Image
- Henderson County Courthouse, Oquawka.jpg
- Households
- 3028
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- Commons category
- Henderson County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Henderson County, Illinois
- topic has template
- Template:Henderson County, Illinois
- inception
- 1841-00-00
- different from
- Henderson County
- water as percent of area
- 4.1
- native label
- Henderson County
- per capita income
- 31645
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Henderson County, Illinois
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, it has a population of 6,387. Its county seat is Oquawka. Henderson County is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henderson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.