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Saline County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Saline River
- Seat
- Harrisburg
- Largest city
- Harrisburg
- Total
- 387 sq mi (1,000 km )
- Land
- 380 sq mi (980 km )
- Water
- 7.0 sq mi (18 km ) 1.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 22,772
- Density
- 63/sq mi (24/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- www .salinecounty .illinois .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Saline River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Harrisburg
- Population
- 23768
- Area
- 1002
- Shares border with
- Gallatin County
- Official website
- www.salinecounty.illinois.gov
- Image
- Harrisburg, IL 1917 Saline County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 10140
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- inception
- 1847-00-00
- Commons category
- Saline County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Saline County, Illinois
- different from
- Saline County
- water as percent of area
- 1.8
- native label
- Saline County
- per capita income
- 27421
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Saline County, Illinois
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Saline County is a county in Southern Illinois. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 23,768. The largest city and county seat is Harrisburg. This area of Southern Illinois is known locally as "Little Egypt."
Three major towns in Saline County are connected by U.S. Route 45, and formerly by the now-abandoned Cairo and Vincennes/Big Four/New York Central Line, from north to south: Eldorado, Harrisburg, and Carrier Mills.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saline County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.