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Mercer County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- January 13, 1825
- Named after
- Hugh Mercer
- Seat
- Aledo
- Largest city
- Aledo
- Total
- 569 sq mi (1,470 km )
- Land
- 561 sq mi (1,450 km )
- Water
- 7.5 sq mi (19 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 15,229
- Density
- 28.0/sq mi (10.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 15th , 17th
- Website
- www .mercercountyil .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Hugh Mercer
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Aledo
- Population
- 15699
- Area
- 1453
- Shares border with
- Des Moines County
- Official website
- www.mercercountyil.org
- Image
- Mercer County Courthouse Image.jpeg
- Households
- 6477
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- Commons category
- Mercer County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Mercer County, Illinois
- inception
- 1825-01-13
- different from
- Mercer County
- water as percent of area
- 1.3
- native label
- Mercer County
- per capita income
- 30493
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Mercer County, Illinois
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Encyclopedic overview
Mercer County is a county in Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 15,699. Its county seat is Aledo. Mercer County is included in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mercer County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.