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Boone County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- March 3, 1836
- Named after
- Daniel Boone
- Seat
- Belvidere
- Largest city
- Belvidere
- Total
- 282.039 sq mi (730.48 km )
- Land
- 280.741 sq mi (727.12 km )
- Water
- 1.298 sq mi (3.36 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 53,568
- Density
- 190.38/sq mi (73.507/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 11th , 16th
- Website
- www .boonecountyil .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Daniel Boone
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Belvidere
- Population
- 53448
- Area
- 730
- Shares border with
- Winnebago County
- Official website
- www.boonecountyil.org
- Image
- Floyd Hopkins Block (7937909994).jpg
- Households
- 18799
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- different from
- Boone County
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- Commons category
- Boone County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Boone County, Illinois
- native label
- Boone County
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- per capita income
- 32659
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Boone County, Illinois
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Encyclopedic overview
Boone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,448. Its county seat is Belvidere. Boone County is included in the Rockford, Illinois metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boone County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.