Coles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population was 53,196. Its county seat is Charleston, which is also the home of Eastern Illinois University.. The county is part of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Coles County was organized in 1831 out of Clark and Edgar counties. It was named after Edward Coles, the second governor of Illinois from 1822 to 1826.
According to the U.S. Census Bur...
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Coles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population was 53,196. Its county seat is Charleston, which is also the home of Eastern Illinois University.. The county is part of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Coles County was organized in 1831 out of Clark and Edgar counties. It was named after Edward Coles, the second governor of Illinois from 1822 to 1826.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 510 square miles (1,321 km²), of which 508 square miles (1,316 km²) is land and 2 square miles (5 km²) (0.35%) is water.
Coles County is divided into these twelve townships:
As of the census of 2000, there were 53,196 people, 21,043 households, and 12,078 families residing in the county. The population density was 105 people per square mile (40/km²). There were 22,768 housing units at an average density of 45 per square mile (17/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 95.37% White, 2.28% Black or African...
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