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Sangamon County

county in Illinois, United States
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Summary

Sangamon County is a county of Illinois[1]. It draws 491 Wikipedia views per month (county of illinois category, ranking #33 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Illinois[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Springfield[5]
  • Shares border with: Menard County[6], Logan County[7], Macon County[8], Christian County[9], Montgomery County[10], Macoupin County[11], Morgan County[12], Cass County[13]
  • Named after: Sangamon River[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Virden[15], Auburn[16]
  • Commons category: Sangamon County, Illinois[17]
  • Inception: 1821[18]
  • Coordinate location: 39.76, -89.66[19]
  • Official website: http://www.co.sangamon.il.us[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sangamon County, Illinois[21]
  • Population: 197,465[22], 197,835[23], 198,914[24], 199,269[25], 199,145[26], 198,712[27], 196,343[28]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Sangamon County[29]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Sangamon County, Illinois[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Sangamon County, Illinois[31]
  • Number of households: 84,093[32]
  • Native label: Sangamon County[33]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108366[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Sangamon County, Illinois[35]
  • Different from: Sangamon[36]
  • Area: 2271[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 1[38]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Sangamon County, Illinois[39]
  • Per capita income: 35,549[40]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Sangamon County, Illinois.tab[41]

Why It Matters

Sangamon County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Related Entities

Illinois United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1277165874
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  2. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1821-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Named after → —
    Located in → —
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Virden, Auburn
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Sangamon County, Illinois.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presiden"
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