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McDonough County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- January 25, 1826
- Named after
- Thomas Macdonough
- Seat
- Macomb
- Largest city
- Macomb
- Total
- 590 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Land
- 589 sq mi (1,530 km )
- Water
- 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 25,916
- Density
- 46.2/sq mi (17.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 15th , 17th
- Website
- mcg .mcdonough .il .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
McDonough County, Illinois, USA
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Thomas Macdonough
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Contains
- Plymouth
- Capital
- Macomb
- Population
- 27238
- Area
- 1528
- Shares border with
- Hancock County
- Official website
- www.outfitters.com/illinois/mcdonough
- Image
- The heart of rural Bushnell Illinois, bisected by two active railroad lines. One being Amtrak.jpg
- Households
- 11573
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- Commons category
- McDonough County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:McDonough County, Illinois
- inception
- 1826-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from McDonough County, Illinois
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- McDonough County
- per capita income
- 25219
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Encyclopedic overview
McDonough County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 27,238. Its county seat is Macomb, which is also the home of Western Illinois University.
McDonough County is part of the Macomb, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “McDonough County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.