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Vermilion County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Region
- Central Illinois
- Metro area
- Danville Micropolitan
- Incorporated
- January 18, 1826
- Named after
- Vermilion River
- County seat and largest city
- Danville
- Total
- 901.28 sq mi (2,334.3 km )
- Land
- 898.37 sq mi (2,326.8 km )
- Water
- 2.91 sq mi (7.5 km )
- Rank
- 7th largest county in Illinois
- Estimate 2025
- 71,259
- Density
- 82.581/sq mi (31.885/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( Central )
- Zip code prefixes
- 60932, 60942, 60960, 60963, 61810, 61811, 61812, 61814, 61817, 61831, 61832, 61833, 61834, 61841, 61844, 61846, 61848, 61849, 61850, 61857, 61858, 61859, 61862, 61865, 61870, 61876, 61883
- Area codes
- 217 / 447
- Congressional district
- 2nd , 15th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Vermilion River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Contains
- Danville
- Capital
- Danville
- Population
- 74188
- Area
- 2337
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Shares border with
- Champaign County
- Official website
- www.co.vermilion.il.us
- Image
- Vermilion County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 31013
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- Commons category
- Vermilion County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Vermilion County, Illinois
- inception
- 1826-01-18
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Vermilion County, Illinois
- different from
- Vermillion County
- water as percent of area
- 0.32
- native label
- Vermilion County
- per capita income
- 25484
- topic has template
- Template:Vermillion County, Indiana
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Vermilion County is a county in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois, between the Indiana border and Champaign County. It was established in 1826 and was the 45th of Illinois' 102 counties. According to the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 74,188. It contains 21 incorporated settlements; the county seat and largest city is Danville.
Vermilion County is part of the Danville, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the larger Champaign–Urbana–Danville combined statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vermilion County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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