File:Whiteside_County_Courthouse,_Morrison.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Whiteside County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Whiteside County, Illinois, Whiteside County, IL
county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Morrison
- Population
- 55691
- Area
- 697
- Shares border with
- Clinton County
- Official website
- www.whitesidecountyil.gov
- Image
- Morrison Il Whiteside County Courthouse1.jpg
- Households
- 23225
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Whiteside County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Whiteside County, Illinois
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Whiteside County, Illinois
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Whiteside County, Illinois
- inception
- 1836-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.8
- native label
- Whiteside County
- per capita income
- 31185
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
~9 min read
Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Whiteside County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.