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Elkhart County
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county in Indiana, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Elkhart County is referenced by 516 other articles, and connects out to Indiana, Indianapolis and Mishawaka.
The entry is geolocated on the map in IN.
It is catalogued under topics including 1830 establishments in Indiana, Elkhart County, Indiana and HathiTrust Catalog not in Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Founded
- April 1, 1830
- Seat
- Goshen
- Largest city
- Elkhart
- Total
- 467.97 sq mi (1,212.0 km )
- Land
- 463.17 sq mi (1,199.6 km )
- Water
- 4.80 sq mi (12.4 km ) 1.03%
- Estimate 2025
- 208,774
- Density
- 450/sq mi (170/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- elkhartcounty .com /en /
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Elkhart County
- Population
- 207047
- Area
- 1212
- Official website
- www.elkhartcountyindiana.com
- Image
- Goshen-indiana-courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 72362
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- Commons category
- Elkhart County, Indiana
- inception
- 1830-01-29
- water as percent of area
- 1.03
- native label
- Elkhart County
- per capita income
- 26806
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Encyclopedic overview
Elkhart County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the county's population was 207,047. The county seat is Goshen. Elkhart County is part of the Elkhart-Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area. It is also considered part of the broader region of Northern Indiana known as Michiana, and is 20 miles (32 km) east of South Bend, Indiana, 110 miles (180 km) east of Chicago, Illinois, and 150 miles (240 km) north of Indianapolis, Indiana. The area is referred to by locals as the recreation vehicle (RV) capital of the world and is known for its sizable Amish and Old Order Mennonite population.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elkhart County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.