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Alexander County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- William M. Alexander
- Seat
- Cairo
- Largest city
- Cairo
- Total
- 253 sq mi (660 km )
- Land
- 236 sq mi (610 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 6.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,570
- Density
- 22.2/sq mi (8.57/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- www .alexandercountyil .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Cairo
- Population
- 5240
- Area
- 654
- Shares border with
- Cape Girardeau County
- Official website
- alexandercounty.illinois.gov
- Image
- US Post Office and Court House, Cairo.jpg
- Households
- 2252
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- water as percent of area
- 6.8
- Commons category
- Alexander County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Alexander County, Illinois
- native label
- Alexander County
- inception
- 1819-03-04
- different from
- Alexander County
- per capita income
- 20450
- topic has template
- Template:Alexander County, Illinois
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexander County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. In the 2020 census, the population was 5,240. Its county seat is Cairo and its western boundary is formed by the Mississippi River.
Alexander County is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area which is made up of jurisdictions on both sides of the Mississippi River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alexander County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.