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Charleston
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city in and the county seat of Coles County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Coles
- Townships
- Charleston , Hutton , Lafayette , Seven Hickory
- Founded by
- Benjamin Parker
- Named after
- Charles Morton - Postmaster
- Type
- City Manager
- Total
- 9.59 sq mi (24.83 km )
- Land
- 8.88 sq mi (23.01 km )
- Water
- 0.70 sq mi (1.82 km )
- Elevation
- 699 ft (213 m)
- Density
- 1,945.7/sq mi (751.23/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area codes
- 217 , 447
- Fips code
- 17-12567
- Website
- www .charlestonillinois .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Charleston
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Coles County
- Population
- 17286
- Area
- 24.934284
- Elevation
- 212
- Capital of
- Coles County
- Official website
- www.charlestonillinois.org
- Image
- Will Rogers Theatre and Commercial Block 2012-10-31 12-28-18.jpg
- Households
- 7847
- Dialing code
- 217
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- Commons category
- Charleston, Illinois
- postal code
- 61920
- topic's main category
- Category:Charleston, Illinois
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Charleston, Illinois
- inception
- 1831-01-01
- P8168
- Arpheuilles
- water as percent of area
- 7.3801
- different from
- Charleston
- per capita income
- 23901
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Charleston is a city in and the county seat of Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,286, as of the 2020 census. The city is home to Eastern Illinois University and has close ties with its neighbor, Mattoon. Both are principal cities of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charleston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.