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Edgar County

county in Illinois, United States
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Edgar County

Summary

Edgar County is a county of Illinois[1]. It draws 54 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_illinois category, ranking #49 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • Edgar County is located in Illinois[3].
  • Edgar County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Edgar County's image is recorded as Edgar County Courthouse from southwest at dusk.jpg[5].
  • Edgar County's instance of is recorded as county of Illinois[6].
  • Edgar County's capital is recorded as Paris[7].
  • Edgar County's shares border with is recorded as Vermilion County[8].
  • Edgar County's shares border with is recorded as Clark County[9].
  • Edgar County's shares border with is recorded as Vigo County[10].
  • Edgar County's shares border with is recorded as Champaign County[11].
  • Edgar County's shares border with is recorded as Coles County[12].
  • Edgar County's shares border with is recorded as Douglas County[13].
  • Edgar County's shares border with is recorded as Vermillion County[14].
  • John Edgar is named after Edgar County[15].
  • Edgar County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Chrisman[16].
  • Edgar County's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 155950947[17].
  • Edgar County's locator map image is recorded as Map of Illinois highlighting Edgar County.svg[18].
  • Edgar County's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81098948[19].
  • Edgar County's Commons category is recorded as Edgar County, Illinois[20].
  • Edgar County's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1801525[21].
  • +1823-01-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Edgar County[22].
  • Edgar County's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 424224[23].
  • Edgar County's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.68, 'lon': -87.75}[24].
  • Edgar County's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nvq_[25].
  • Edgar County's official website is recorded as http://www.co.edgar.il.us[26].
  • Edgar County's FIPS 6-4 ID is recorded as 17045[27].

Body

Geography

Edgar County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Illinois[3].

Physical Characteristics

Edgar County's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1617'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+18576'}[29], {'amount': '+18505'}[30], {'amount': '+18403'}[31], {'amount': '+18160'}[32], {'amount': '+17960'}[33], and {'amount': '+17664'}[34].

Designation and Status

Edgar County's instance of is recorded as county of Illinois[6].

History and Context

+1823-01-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Edgar County[22]. John Edgar is named after it[15].

Why It Matters

Edgar County draws 54 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_illinois category, ranking #49 of 102).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Illinois United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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