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Perry County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- January 29, 1827
- Named after
- Oliver Hazard Perry
- Seat
- Pinckneyville
- Largest city
- Du Quoin
- Total
- 447 sq mi (1,160 km )
- Land
- 442 sq mi (1,140 km )
- Water
- 5.2 sq mi (13 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,160
- Density
- 47.4/sq mi (18.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- perryil .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Oliver Hazard Perry
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Pinckneyville
- Population
- 20945
- Area
- 1157
- Shares border with
- Randolph County
- Official website
- www.perrycountyil.org
- Image
- Perry County Courthouse in Pinckneyville.jpg
- Households
- 8504
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- Commons category
- Perry County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Perry County, Illinois
- inception
- 1827-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Perry County, Illinois
- different from
- Perry County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Perry County
- per capita income
- 24442
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Encyclopedic overview
Perry County is a county in Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 20,945. Its county seat is Pinckneyville. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known as "Little Egypt".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Perry County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.