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Colchester

city in McDonough County, Illinois, United States
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Colchester

Summary

Colchester is a city in the United States[1]. Colchester ranks in the top 8% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Colchester is located in McDonough County[3].
  • Colchester is in the country of United States[4].
  • Colchester's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[5].
  • Colchester's postal code is recorded as 62326[6].
  • Colchester's Commons category is recorded as Colchester, Illinois[7].
  • Colchester's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone[8].
  • Colchester's local dialing code is recorded as 309[9].
  • Colchester's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.4273479, 'lon': -90.792241}[10].
  • Colchester's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Colchester, Illinois[11].
  • Colchester has a population of {'amount': '+1401'}[12].
  • Colchester has a population of {'amount': '+1108'}[13].
  • Colchester's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Colchester'}[14].
  • Colchester's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+569'}[15].
  • Colchester sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+210'}[16].
  • Colchester covers an area of {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+1.00'}[17].
  • Colchester covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.584994'}[18].
  • Colchester's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0'}[19].
  • Colchester's per capita income is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+24095'}[20].

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Identity

Colchester's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Colchester'}[14].

Why It Matters

Colchester ranks in the top 8% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2] Colchester has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+1401'}, {'amount': '+1108'}
    Population → —
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+210'}
    Water as percent of area → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0'}
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: US 136 entering Colchester.jpg, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261411|batch #261411]]"
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