Pope County

county in Illinois, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_illinois Q112869
Pope County
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Pope County

Summary

Pope County is a county of Illinois[1]. It draws 85 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_illinois category, ranking #40 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pope County is located in Illinois[3].
  • Pope County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Pope County's image is recorded as Pope County Courthouse, Golconda.jpg[5].
  • Pope County's instance of is recorded as county of Illinois[6].
  • Pope County's capital is recorded as Golconda[7].
  • Pope County's shares border with is recorded as Saline County[8].
  • Pope County's shares border with is recorded as Massac County[9].
  • Pope County's shares border with is recorded as Hardin County[10].
  • Pope County's shares border with is recorded as Livingston County[11].
  • Pope County's shares border with is recorded as Johnson County[12].
  • Pope County's shares border with is recorded as Williamson County[13].
  • Nathaniel Pope is named after Pope County[14].
  • Pope County's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153593450[15].
  • Pope County's locator map image is recorded as Map of Illinois highlighting Pope County.svg[16].
  • Pope County's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79065899[17].
  • Pope County's Commons category is recorded as Pope County, Illinois[18].
  • Pope County's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1800959[19].
  • +1816-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pope County[20].
  • Pope County's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 424277[21].
  • Pope County's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.41, 'lon': -88.57}[22].
  • Pope County's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nv11[23].
  • Pope County's official website is recorded as http://www.popeco.net[24].
  • Pope County's FIPS 6-4 ID is recorded as 17151[25].
  • Pope County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pope County, Illinois[26].
  • Pope County's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4470'}[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Pope County's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+970'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4470'}[27], {'amount': '+4459'}[29], {'amount': '+4442'}[30], {'amount': '+4271'}[31], {'amount': '+4312'}[32], and {'amount': '+4226'}[33].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1816-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pope County[20]. Nathaniel Pope is named after it[14].

Why It Matters

Pope County draws 85 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_illinois category, ranking #40 of 102).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

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  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . census.gov. 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] . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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