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Washington County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- January 2, 1818
- Named after
- George Washington
- Seat
- Nashville
- Largest city
- Nashville
- Total
- 564 sq mi (1,460 km )
- Land
- 563 sq mi (1,460 km )
- Water
- 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,564
- Density
- 24.4/sq mi (9.44/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- www .washingtonco .illinois .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George Washington
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Contains
- Ashley
- Capital
- Nashville
- Population
- 13761
- Area
- 1461
- Shares border with
- Jefferson County
- Official website
- washingtonco.illinois.gov
- Image
- Washington County Courthouse in Nashville.jpg
- Households
- 6020
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- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Washington County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Washington County, Illinois
- Commons category
- Washington County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Washington County, Illinois
- inception
- 1818-00-00
- per capita income
- 32687
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Encyclopedic overview
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 13,761. Its county seat is Nashville. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Washington County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
2 mapped locations