Whiteside County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population was 60,653. A 2008 estimate shows a slight decrease to 59,153. Its county seat is Morrison. The Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Whiteside County.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 697 square miles (1,805 km²), of which 685 square miles (1,774 km²) is land and 12 square miles (32 km²) (1.76%) is wa...
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Whiteside County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population was 60,653. A 2008 estimate shows a slight decrease to 59,153. Its county seat is Morrison. The Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Whiteside County.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 697 square miles (1,805 km²), of which 685 square miles (1,774 km²) is land and 12 square miles (32 km²) (1.76%) is water.
Albany, Clyde, Erie, Fenton, Fulton, Garden Plain, Genesee, Hahnaman, Hopkins, Hume, Jordan, Lyndon, Montmorency, Mount Pleasant, Newton, Portland, Prophetstown, Sterling, Tampico, Union Grove, Ustick
Whiteside County was formed in 1836 out of Jo Daviess and Henry Counties. It was named for General Samuel Whiteside, an Illinois officer in the War of 1812 and Black Hawk War.
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan was born in the Whiteside County community of Tampico.
As of the census of 2000, there were 60,653 people, 23,684 households, and...
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