Charleston

Charleston is a city in and the county seat of , United States. The population was 17,286, as of the 2020 census. The city is home to Eastern Illinois University and has close ties with its neighbor, .
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  • Type: Town with 20,200 residents
  • Description: city in and the county seat of Coles County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: Charleston, IL” and “Charleston, Illinois
  • Postal code: 61920

Charleston

Latitude
39.49615° or 39° 29′ 46″ north
Longitude
-88.17615° or 88° 10′ 34″ west
Population
20,200
Elevation
669 feet (204 metres)
Open location code
86FHFRWF+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153809420
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4235668
Wiki­data ID
Q577909
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Charleston” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تشارلستون
  • Azerbaijani: Çarlston
  • Basque: Charleston
  • Belarusian: Чарлстан
  • Belarusian: Чарльстан
  • Bengali: চার্লসটন
  • Catalan: Charleston
  • Cebuano: Charleston (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Illinois)
  • Cebuano: Charleston
  • Central Kurdish: چارڵیستن، ئیلینۆی
  • Chechen: Чарлстон
  • Chinese: Charleston
  • Chinese: 查尔斯顿
  • Chinese: 查爾斯頓
  • Croatian: Charleston
  • Czech: Charleston
  • Dagbani: Charleston
  • Danish: Charleston
  • Dutch: Charleston
  • Egyptian Arabic: تشارلستون
  • French: Charleston
  • German: Charleston
  • Gilaki: چارلستن
  • Haitian: Charleston, Ilinwa
  • Haitian: Charleston
  • Hebrew: צ’ארלסטון
  • Hungarian: Charleston
  • Ido: Charleston, Illinois
  • Ido: Charleston
  • Irish: Charleston
  • Italian: Charleston
  • Japanese: チャールストン
  • Korean: 찰스턴
  • Ladin: Charleston
  • Malayalam: ചാൾസ്റ്റൺ, ഇല്ലിനോയി
  • Malayalam: ചാൾസ്റ്റൺ
  • Mazanderani: چارلزتون
  • Min Nan Chinese: Charleston
  • Newari: चार्ल्सटन, इलिनोइ
  • Newari: चार्ल्सटन, इलियोनोई
  • Newari: चार्ल्सटन
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Charleston
  • Norwegian: Charleston
  • Occitan (post 1500): Charleston
  • Persian: چارلزتون، ایلینوی
  • Persian: چارلزتون
  • Polish: Charleston
  • Portuguese: Charleston
  • Russian: Чарлстон
  • Scots: Charleston, Illinois
  • Scots: Charleston
  • Serbian: Чарлстон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Charleston, Illinois
  • Serbo-Croatian: Charleston
  • Slovak: Charleston
  • Slovenian: Charleston
  • South Azerbaijani: چارلزتون، ایلینوی
  • Spanish: Charleston, Illinois
  • Spanish: Charleston
  • Swedish: Charleston, Illinois
  • Swedish: Charleston
  • Tatar: Чарлстон (Иллинойс)
  • Tatar: Чарлстон
  • Turkish: Charleston, Illinois
  • Turkish: Charleston
  • Ukrainian: Чарлстон
  • Urdu: چارلسٹن، الینوائے
  • Urdu: چارلسٹن
  • Uzbek: Charleston
  • Uzbek: Чарлестон
  • Vietnamese: Charleston, Illinois
  • Vietnamese: Charleston
  • Volapük: Charleston
  • Waray (Philippines): Charleston, Illinois
  • Waray (Philippines): Charleston
  • Welsh: Charleston, Illinois
  • Welsh: Charleston

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