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Wayne County

county in Illinois, United States
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Wayne County

Summary

Wayne County is a county of Illinois[1]. It draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_illinois category, ranking #51 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wayne County is located in Illinois[3].
  • Wayne County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Wayne County's image is recorded as Wayne County Courthouse in Fairfield.jpg[5].
  • Wayne County's instance of is recorded as county of Illinois[6].
  • Wayne County's capital is recorded as Fairfield[7].
  • Wayne County's shares border with is recorded as Clay County[8].
  • Wayne County's shares border with is recorded as Hamilton County[9].
  • Wayne County's shares border with is recorded as Richland County[10].
  • Wayne County's shares border with is recorded as Edwards County[11].
  • Wayne County's shares border with is recorded as White County[12].
  • Wayne County's shares border with is recorded as Jefferson County[13].
  • Wayne County's shares border with is recorded as Marion County[14].
  • Anthony Wayne is named after Wayne County[15].
  • Wayne County's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146594354[16].
  • Wayne County's locator map image is recorded as Map of Illinois highlighting Wayne County.svg[17].
  • Wayne County's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81124758[18].
  • Wayne County's Commons category is recorded as Wayne County, Illinois[19].
  • Wayne County's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1801539[20].
  • +1819-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wayne County[21].
  • Wayne County's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 424296[22].
  • Wayne County's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.43, 'lon': -88.42}[23].
  • Wayne County's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ntsp[24].
  • Wayne County's official website is recorded as http://www.fairfield-il.com/county/[25].
  • Wayne County's FIPS 6-4 ID is recorded as 17191[26].
  • Wayne County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wayne County, Illinois[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Wayne County's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+715'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+16760'}[29], {'amount': '+16736'}[30], {'amount': '+16610'}[31], {'amount': '+16622'}[32], {'amount': '+16612'}[33], and {'amount': '+16423'}[34].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1819-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wayne County[21]. Anthony Wayne is named after it[15].

Why It Matters

Wayne County draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_illinois category, ranking #51 of 102).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 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

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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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