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Knox County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Henry Knox
- Seat
- Galesburg
- Largest city
- Galesburg
- Board chairman
- Jared Hawkinson
- Total
- 720 sq mi (1,900 km )
- Land
- 716 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Water
- 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 47,767
- Density
- 69.8/sq mi (26.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 17th
- Website
- knoxcountyil .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Knox
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Contains
- Abingdon
- Capital
- Galesburg
- Population
- 49967
- Area
- 1864
- Shares border with
- Warren County
- Official website
- www.knoxcountyil.com
- Image
- Knox County Courthouse (Illinois) 1981.jpg
- Households
- 20428
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- Commons category
- Knox County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Knox County, Illinois
- inception
- 1825-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Knox County, Illinois
- different from
- Knox County
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Knox County
- per capita income
- 24804
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Encyclopedic overview
Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 49,967. Its county seat is Galesburg. Knox County comprises the Galesburg, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Knox County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.