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Moultrie County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- February 16, 1843
- Named after
- William Moultrie
- Seat
- Sullivan
- Largest city
- Sullivan
- Total
- 344 sq mi (890 km )
- Land
- 336 sq mi (870 km )
- Water
- 8.5 sq mi (22 km ) 2.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 14,371
- Density
- 42.8/sq mi (16.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 15th
- Website
- www .moultriecountyil .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Moultrie
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Sullivan
- Population
- 14526
- Area
- 892
- Shares border with
- Macon County
- Official website
- www.moultriecountyil.com
- Image
- Moultrie County Courthouse, western side from south.jpg
- Households
- 6043
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- Commons category
- Moultrie County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Moultrie County, Illinois
- inception
- 1843-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 2.5
- native label
- Moultrie County
- per capita income
- 30734
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Moultrie County, Illinois
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Encyclopedic overview
Moultrie County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, its population was 14,526. Its county seat is Sullivan. The name is pronounced as in "mole tree", unlike the pronunciation of its namesake, the South Carolinian Revolutionary War hero William Moultrie.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moultrie County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.