Menard County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Pierre Menard
- Seat
- Petersburg
- Largest city
- Petersburg
- Total
- 315 sq mi (820 km )
- Land
- 314 sq mi (810 km )
- Water
- 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,863
- Density
- 39.2/sq mi (15.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 15th
- Website
- www .menardcountyil .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Pierre Menard
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Contains
- Athens
- Capital
- Petersburg
- Population
- 12297
- Area
- 817
- Shares border with
- Cass County
- Official website
- www.menardcountyil.com
- Image
- Menard County Courthouse, IL (4504031312).jpg
- Households
- 5211
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- Commons category
- Menard County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Menard County, Illinois
- inception
- 1839-00-00
- different from
- Menard County
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Menard County
- per capita income
- 39221
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Encyclopedic overview
Menard County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 12,297. Its county seat is Petersburg. Menard County is part of the Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Menard County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.