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Whiteside County

county in Illinois, United States

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Country: United States
State: Illinois
Named after: Samuel Whiteside
Seat: Morrison
Largest city: Sterling
Total: 697 sq mi (1,810 km )
Land: 684 sq mi (1,770 km )
Water: 12 sq mi (31 km ) 1.8%
Estimate 2025: 54,121
Density: 81.4/sq mi (31.4/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 17th
Website: www .whitesidecountyil .gov

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Whiteside County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 55,691. Its county seat is Morrison. The county is bounded on the west by the Mississippi River. Whiteside County comprises the Sterling, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Dixon-Sterling, IL Combined Statistical Area. U.S. President Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 in the Whiteside County community of Tampico.

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