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Moultrie County

county in Illinois, United States

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Country: United States
State: Illinois
Founded: February 16, 1843
Named after: William Moultrie
Seat: Sullivan
Largest city: Sullivan
Total: 344 sq mi (890 km )
Land: 336 sq mi (870 km )
Water: 8.5 sq mi (22 km ) 2.5%
Estimate 2025: 14,371
Density: 42.8/sq mi (16.5/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 15th
Website: www .moultriecountyil .com

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Moultrie County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, its population was 14,526. Its county seat is Sullivan. The name is pronounced as in "mole tree", unlike the pronunciation of its namesake, the South Carolinian Revolutionary War hero William Moultrie.

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