West Frankfort
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city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Franklin
- Township
- Denning , Frankfort
- Total
- 5.02 sq mi (12.99 km )
- Land
- 4.98 sq mi (12.90 km )
- Water
- 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km )
- Elevation
- 400 ft (120 m)
- Density
- 1,460.9/sq mi (564.05/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-80333
- Website
- www .westfrankfort-il .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- West Frankfort
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Franklin County
- Population
- 7275
- Area
- 12.990709
- Elevation
- 122
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Official website
- www.westfrankfort-il.com
- Image
- West Frankfort City Hall.jpg
- Households
- 3204
- Dialing code
- 618
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- postal code
- 62896
- inception
- 1810-00-00
- Commons category
- West Frankfort, Illinois
- P8168
- Teryl Rothery
- water as percent of area
- 0.8231
- per capita income
- 18268
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
West Frankfort is a city in Franklin County, Illinois. The population was 7,275 at the 2020 census. The city is well known for its rich history of coal. The city is part of the Metro Lakeland area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Frankfort” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.