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Fulton County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Robert Fulton
- Seat
- Lewistown
- Largest city
- Canton
- Total
- 883 sq mi (2,290 km )
- Land
- 866 sq mi (2,240 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 1.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 32,901
- Density
- 38.8/sq mi (15.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 15th , 17th
- Website
- fultonco .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Robert Fulton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Lewistown
- Population
- 33609
- Area
- 2286
- Shares border with
- McDonough County
- Official website
- www.fultonco.org
- Image
- Courthouse columns at Oak Hill Cemetery.jpg
- Households
- 14072
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- Commons category
- Fulton County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Fulton County, Illinois
- inception
- 1823-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fulton County, Illinois
- different from
- Fulton County
- water as percent of area
- 1.9
- native label
- Fulton County
- per capita income
- 29850
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Encyclopedic overview
Fulton County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 33,609. Its county seat is Lewistown, and the largest city is Canton. Fulton County comprises the Canton, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Peoria–Canton, IL Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fulton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.