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Pike County

county in Illinois, United States
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Pike County

Summary

Pike County is a county of Illinois[1]. It draws 53 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_illinois category, ranking #39 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pike County is located in Illinois[3].
  • Pike County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Pike County is on the body of water Mississippi River[5].
  • Pike County is on the body of water Illinois River[6].
  • Pike County's image is recorded as Courthouse, Pike County, Illinois.jpg[7].
  • Pike County's instance of is recorded as county of Illinois[8].
  • Pike County's capital is recorded as Pittsfield[9].
  • Pike County's shares border with is recorded as Adams County[10].
  • Pike County's shares border with is recorded as Calhoun County[11].
  • Pike County's shares border with is recorded as Pike County[12].
  • Pike County's shares border with is recorded as Marion County[13].
  • Pike County's shares border with is recorded as Ralls County[14].
  • Pike County's shares border with is recorded as Brown County[15].
  • Pike County's shares border with is recorded as Morgan County[16].
  • Pike County's shares border with is recorded as Scott County[17].
  • Pike County's shares border with is recorded as Greene County[18].
  • Zebulon Pike is named after Pike County[19].
  • Pike County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Florence[20].
  • Pike County's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126659448[21].
  • Pike County's locator map image is recorded as Map of Illinois highlighting Pike County.svg[22].
  • Pike County's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79104304[23].
  • Pike County's Commons category is recorded as Pike County, Illinois[24].
  • Pike County's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1800726[25].
  • +1821-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pike County[26].
  • Pike County's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1784941[27].

Body

Geography

Pike County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Illinois[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Mississippi River[5], a main stem[28], in United States[29] and Illinois River[6], a river[30], in United States[31].

Physical Characteristics

Pike County's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2199'}[32]. Population counts include {'amount': '+16430'}[33], {'amount': '+16400'}[34], {'amount': '+16384'}[35], {'amount': '+16276'}[36], {'amount': '+16150'}[37], and {'amount': '+15989'}[38].

Designation and Status

Pike County's instance of is recorded as county of Illinois[8].

History and Context

+1821-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pike County[26]. Zebulon Pike is named after it[19].

Why It Matters

Pike County draws 53 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_illinois category, ranking #39 of 102).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Illinois Illinois River United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [27] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [33] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [34] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [35] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [36] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [37] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [38] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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