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Montgomery County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Richard Montgomery
- Seat
- Hillsboro
- Largest city
- Litchfield
- Total
- 710 sq mi (1,800 km )
- Land
- 704 sq mi (1,820 km )
- Water
- 6.0 sq mi (16 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 28,076
- Density
- 40.2/sq mi (15.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 15th
- Website
- montgomerycountyil .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Richard Montgomery
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Hillsboro
- Population
- 28288
- Area
- 1838
- Shares border with
- Macoupin County
- Official website
- www.montgomeryco.com
- Image
- Montgomery County Courthouse, Hillsboro.jpg
- Households
- 11619
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Montgomery County, Illinois
- Commons category
- Montgomery County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Montgomery County, Illinois
- inception
- 1821-00-00
- different from
- Montgomery County
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Montgomery County
- per capita income
- 27510
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Encyclopedic overview
Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 28,288. Its county seat is Hillsboro.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montgomery County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.