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Normal

town in McLean County, Illinois, United States
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Normal

Summary

Normal is a town in the United States[1]. Normal ranks in the top 1% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (974 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Normal is located in McLean County[3].
  • Normal is in the country of United States[4].
  • Normal's instance of is recorded as town in the United States[5].
  • Normal's twinned administrative body is recorded as Asahikawa[6].
  • Normal's postal code is recorded as 61761[7].
  • Normal's postal code is recorded as 61790[8].
  • Normal's Commons category is recorded as Normal, Illinois[9].
  • Normal's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone[10].
  • Normal's local dialing code is recorded as 309[11].
  • 1865 marks the founding of Normal[12].
  • Normal's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.512222222222, 'lon': -88.988611111111}[13].
  • Normal's official website is recorded as http://www.normal.org/[14].
  • Normal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Normal, Illinois[15].
  • Normal has a population of {'amount': '+52497'}[16].
  • Normal has a population of {'amount': '+52736'}[17].
  • Normal's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Normal'}[18].
  • Normal's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Born in Normal, Illinois[19].
  • Normal's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+19520'}[20].
  • Normal's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Normal, Illinois[21].
  • Normal sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+265'}[22].
  • Normal covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+48.53089'}[23].
  • Normal covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+47.682188'}[24].
  • Normal's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0.3372'}[25].
  • Normal's territory overlaps is recorded as Bloomington–Normal urban area[26].
  • Normal's located in the statistical territorial entity is recorded as Bloomington–Normal[27].

Body

Founding

1865 marks the founding of Normal[12].

Identity

Normal's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Normal'}[18].

Why It Matters

Normal ranks in the top 1% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (974 views/month).[2] Normal has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Normal is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Illinois State University Illinois Wesleyan University United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+29948'}
    Icpsr geographic names thesaurus id → 30746
    Member of → Q138812596
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Bloomington–Normal
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P463]]: [[Q138812596]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
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