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Fayette

Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,488. Its county seat is , the site of the . is located in the northwestern part of this county.
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  • Type: County with 22,100 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Fayette County”, “Fayette County, IL”, and “Fayette County, Illinois”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vandalia.

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is a city in . The town where Abraham Lincoln began his political career, was the state capital of from 1820 to 1839.

Fayette

Latitude
39.0001° or 39° 0′ 1″ north
Longitude
-89.043° or 89° 2′ 35″ west
Population
22,100
Elevation
535 feet (163 metres)
Open location code
86FG2X24+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316952651
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4238245
Wiki­data ID
Q111584
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Fayette” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Fayette County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة فاييت”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه فاييت، إلينوي”
  • Armenian: “Ֆայետ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Fayette”
  • Basque: “Fayette konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Fayette County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Fayette County”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফায়েত কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফায়েত কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Файет”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Fayette”
  • Cebuano: “Fayette County”
  • Chechen: “Фейетт (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Фейетт”
  • Chinese: “Fayette Kūn”
  • Chinese: “費耶特縣”
  • Chinese: “费耶特县”
  • Dutch: “Fayette County”
  • Esperanto: “Fayette County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Fayette”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Fayette”
  • Estonian: “Fayette’i maakond”
  • Finnish: “Fayetten piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Fayette”
  • French: “Comté de Fayette”
  • French: “comté de La Fayette”
  • French: “Fayette County”
  • Georgian: “ფაიეტის ოლქი”
  • German: “Fayette County”
  • Gilaki: “فایتی ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “فایتی ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Φαγιέτ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פאייט”
  • Hungarian: “Fayette megye”
  • Indonesian: “Fayette County, Illinois”
  • Indonesian: “Fayette County”
  • Irish: “Contae Fayette”
  • Italian: “contea di Fayette”
  • Italian: “Contea di Fayette”
  • Italian: “Fayette County”
  • Japanese: “ファイエット郡”
  • Korean: “페이엣군”
  • Latin: “Fayette Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Fayette County”
  • Mazanderani: “فایتی شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “فایتی شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Fayette Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fayette Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Fayette County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fayette County i Illinois”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fayette County”
  • Norwegian: “Fayette County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فایتی، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فایتی”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Fayette”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Fayette”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Fayette”
  • Portuguese: “Fayette County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Fayette, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Fayette”
  • Russian: “Фейетт”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Fayette”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fayette County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Фејет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fayette County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fayette County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Fayette”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Fayette”
  • Spanish: “Fayette County”
  • Swedish: “Fayette County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Fayette County”
  • Tatar: “Фейетт (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Фейетт”
  • Turkish: “Fayette County, IL”
  • Turkish: “Fayette County, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Fayette County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Fayette County”
  • Turkish: “Fayette ilçesi, IL”
  • Turkish: “Fayette ilçesi, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Fayette ilçesi, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Fayette ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Фаєтт”
  • Urdu: “فائیٹ کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “فائیٹ کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Fayette”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Fayette, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Fayette”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Fayette, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Fayette”
  • Welsh: “Fayette County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Fayette County”
  • Western Panjabi: “فایٹ کاؤنٹی، الینوۓ”
  • Western Panjabi: “فایٹ کاؤنٹی”

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