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Pike County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- January 31, 1821
- Named after
- Zebulon Pike
- Seat
- Pittsfield
- Largest city
- Pittsfield
- Total
- 849 sq mi (2,200 km )
- Land
- 831 sq mi (2,150 km )
- Water
- 18 sq mi (47 km ) 2.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 14,231
- Density
- 17.7/sq mi (6.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 15th
- Website
- www .pikecountyil .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Zebulon Pike
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Contains
- Florence
- Capital
- Pittsfield
- Population
- 14739
- Area
- 2199
- Body of water
- Illinois River
- Shares border with
- Greene County
- Official website
- www.pikecountyil.org
- Image
- Courthouse, Pike County, Illinois.jpg
- Households
- 6258
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- different from
- Pike County
- water as percent of area
- 2.1
- native label
- Pike County
- Commons category
- Pike County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Pike County, Illinois
- inception
- 1821-00-00
- per capita income
- 26185
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pike County, Illinois
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Encyclopedic overview
Pike County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located between the Mississippi River and the Illinois River in western Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 14,739. Its county seat is Pittsfield.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pike County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.