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List of counties in Illinois. There are 102 counties in Illinois. The most populous of these is Cook County, the second-most populous county in the United States and the home of Chicago, while the least populous is Hardin County. The largest by land area is McLean County, while the smallest is Putnam County. Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and ...
Illinois is a state located in the Midwestern United States. According to the 2020 United States census Illinois is the 6th most populous state with 12,812,508 inhabitants but the 24th largest by land area spanning 55,499.0 square miles (143,742 km 2) of land. [ 1 ] Illinois is divided into 102 counties and, as of 2020, contained 1,300 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and villages.
Local government in the Illinois Territory, and the state of Illinois after 1818 statehood, was predominantly handled by the state's counties, although towns and villages also existed. Chicago was chartered as the state's first city in 1837. The 1848 Constitution of Illinois granted the voters of counties the ability to divide their county into townships. [1]
This is a list of the area codes in the state of Illinois and its numbering plan areas in the North American Numbering Plan. All NPAs within Illinois 217/447: Central Illinois, including the region running west from the Illinois-Indiana border through Danville, Effingham, Champaign–Urbana, Decatur, Springfield, Quincy until Illinois' western border with Missouri and Iowa. 309/861: Central ...
Coles County is a county in Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,863. [1] Its county seat is Charleston, [2] which is also the home of Eastern Illinois University. Coles County is part of the Charleston– Mattoon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Of the 102 counties in the state of Illinois, 17 are divided into minor civil divisions known as precincts. [1] The 261 [citation needed] such precincts in Illinois are listed below. The remaining 85 counties are divided into 1,433 townships. [1] Despite this distinction, precincts are also sometimes referred to as "civil townships". [1] Unlike electoral precincts, these precincts are not ...
Downstate Illinois refers to the part of the U.S. state of Illinois south or outside of the Chicago metropolitan area, which is in the northeast corner of the state and has been dominant in state history, politics, and culture. [1][2][3][4] Downstate Illinois lacks a precise definition.
60001 [2] Area codes. 815 & 779. FIPS code. 17-00594. GNIS feature ID. 403385 [3] Alden (/ ˈɑːldɪn / AWL-dihn), elevation 1,004 feet (306 m), is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. [3] It was named a CDP for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 113.