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Edwards County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Ninian Edwards
- Seat
- Albion
- Largest city
- Albion
- Total
- 223 sq mi (580 km )
- Land
- 222 sq mi (570 km )
- Water
- 0.3 sq mi (0.78 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,898
- Density
- 28.1/sq mi (10.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Ninian Edwards
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Albion
- Population
- 6245
- Area
- 577
- Shares border with
- Wayne County
- Image
- Edwards County Courthouse in Albion.jpg
- Households
- 2756
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- Commons category
- Edwards County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Edwards County, Illinois
- inception
- 1814-00-00
- different from
- Edwards County
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- Edwards County
- per capita income
- 27847
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Encyclopedic overview
Edwards County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,245. Its county seat is Albion.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edwards County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.