Lacon
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city in Marshall County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Marshall
- Township
- Lacon
- Founded
- 1831 as Strawn's Landing
- Renamed
- 1831 as Columbia
- Named after
- Laconia
- Total
- 1.64 sq mi (4.25 km )
- Land
- 1.60 sq mi (4.14 km )
- Water
- 0.042 sq mi (0.11 km )
- Elevation
- 505 ft (154 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 1,838
- Density
- 1,173.6/sq mi (453.14/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-40559
- Website
- laconcity .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Lacon is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Peoria metropolitan area. The population was 1,878 at the 2020 census, down from 1,937 in 2010.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lacon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.