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Also known as Coles County, Illinois, Coles County, IL

county in Illinois, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Illinois
Founded
Dec 25, 1830
Named after
Edward Coles
Seat
Charleston
Largest city
Charleston
Total
510 sq mi (1,300 km )
Land
508 sq mi (1,320 km )
Water
1.8 sq mi (4.7 km ) 0.4%
Estimate 2025
46,607
Density
92.3/sq mi (35.6/km )
Time zone
UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst
UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional districts
12th , 15th
Website
www .colesco .illinois .gov

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Encyclopedic overview

Coles County is a county in Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,863. Its county seat is Charleston, which is also the home of Eastern Illinois University.

Coles County is part of the Charleston–Mattoon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coles County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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