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Union County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- January 2, 1818
- Seat
- Jonesboro
- Largest city
- Anna
- Total
- 422 sq mi (1,090 km )
- Land
- 413 sq mi (1,070 km )
- Water
- 8.7 sq mi (23 km ) 2.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,656
- Density
- 41.8/sq mi (16.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- www .unioncountyil .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Union County Illinois – Government Site
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- United States
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Contains
- Jonesboro
- Capital
- Jonesboro
- Population
- 17244
- Area
- 1093
- Shares border with
- Williamson County
- Official website
- www.unioncountyil.gov
- Image
- Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.jpg
- Households
- 6813
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- water as percent of area
- 2.1
- inception
- 1818-01-02
- Commons category
- Union County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Union County, Illinois
- native label
- Union County
- different from
- Union County
- per capita income
- 27778
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Encyclopedic overview
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 17,244. Its county seat is Jonesboro. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Union County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
2 mapped locations