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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- LaSalle
- Townships
- Ottawa , South Ottawa , Dayton , Rutland , Wallace
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Total
- 15.52 sq mi (40.19 km )
- Land
- 14.66 sq mi (37.96 km )
- Water
- 0.86 sq mi (2.22 km )
- Elevation
- 476 ft (145 m)
- Density
- 1,282.0/sq mi (494.98/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area codes
- 815, 779
- Fips code
- 17-56926
- Website
- cityofottawa .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Ottawa, IL | Official Website
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Encyclopedic overview
Ottawa is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the confluence of the navigable Fox River and Illinois River, the latter being a conduit for river barges and connects Lake Michigan at Chicago to the Mississippi River. The population was 18,840 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Ottawa, Illinois, micropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ottawa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.