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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Coles
- Townships
- Mattoon , Lafayette , Paradise
- Named after
- William Mattoon
- Total
- 10.32 sq mi (26.72 km )
- Land
- 10.31 sq mi (26.71 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 719 ft (219 m)
- Density
- 1,635.7/sq mi (631.55/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code s
- 217 and 447
- Fips code
- 17-47553
- Website
- mattoon .illinois .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Mattoon
- Population
- 16870
- Area
- 26.78854
- Elevation
- 223
- Official website
- www.mattoon.illinois.gov
- Households
- 7662
- Dialing code
- 217
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- postal code
- 61938
- Commons category
- Mattoon, Illinois
- inception
- 1853-01-01
- P8168
- Koy
- water as percent of area
- 0.0393
- per capita income
- 24615
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Mattoon (/ˈmæt.tun/ MAT-toon) is a city in Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 16,870 as of the 2020 census. The city is home to Lake Land College and has close ties with its neighbor, Charleston. Both are principal cities of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area.
A restaurant named "Burger King" was founded here prior to the Burger King restaurant chain.
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