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Lee County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- February 27, 1839
- Named after
- Henry Lee III
- Seat
- Dixon
- Largest city
- Dixon
- Total
- 729 sq mi (1,890 km )
- Land
- 725 sq mi (1,880 km )
- Water
- 4.1 sq mi (11 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 32,914
- Density
- 47.1/sq mi (18.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 16th
- Website
- www .leecountyil .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Lee III
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Contains
- Amboy
- Capital
- Dixon
- Population
- 34145
- Area
- 1889
- Shares border with
- Whiteside County
- Official website
- www.countyoflee.org
- Image
- 20140120 42 Farm near Franklin Grove, Illinois (15528451537).jpg
- Households
- 13634
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- Commons category
- Lee County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Lee County, Illinois
- inception
- 1839-02-27
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lee County, Illinois
- different from
- Lee County
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Lee County
- per capita income
- 29343
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Encyclopedic overview
Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,145. Its county seat is Dixon. The Dixon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Lee County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lee County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.