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Edwardsville

city in Madison County, Illinois, United States
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Summary

Edwardsville is a city in the United States[1]. Edwardsville ranks in the top 7% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (980 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Madison County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: county seat[5]
  • Named after: Ninian Edwards[6]
  • Postal code: 62025[7], 62026[8]
  • Commons category: Edwardsville, Illinois[9]
  • Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[10]
  • Local dialing code: 618[11]
  • Inception: January 1, 1818[12]
  • Official website: http://www.cityofedwardsville.com/[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Edwardsville, Illinois[14]
  • Commons gallery: Edwardsville, Illinois[15]
  • Population: 24,293[16], 27,000[17]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18]
  • Capital of: Madison County[19]
  • Official name: Edwardsville[20]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Edwardsville, Illinois[21]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Edwardsville, Illinois[22]
  • Number of households: 8814[23]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Edwardsville, Illinois[24]
  • Elevation above sea level: 173 m[25]
  • Area: 53.006416 km²[26], 52.236424 km²[27]
  • Water as percent of area: 2.9985 percent[28]
  • Per capita income: 37,222 US dollars[29]

Why It Matters

Edwardsville has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Edwardsville is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 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. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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