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Hamilton

Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,993. Its county seat is . It is located in the southern portion of the state, known locally as "Little Egypt".
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  • Type: County with 8,460 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Hamilton County”, “Hamilton County, IL”, and “Hamilton County, Illinois”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aaron G. Cloud House and St. James Episcopal Church.

Library
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The , now the McCoy Memorial Library, is a historic house in , , which is now used as the city's public library.

Church
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The is an Episcopal church located at 111 N. Pearl St. in , . The Gothic Revival church was built in 1880–81.

Building
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The is a historic house located at 300 S. Washington St. in , . The house was built circa 1892 for Chalon Guard Cloud, who ran the with his father Aaron, and his wife Emma Blades Cloud.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include McLeansboro.

Town
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is a city and the county seat of Hamilton County, Illinois, , . The population was 2,675 at the 2020 census. is part of the Mount Vernon, Illinois micropolitan area.

Hamilton

Latitude
38.062° or 38° 3′ 43″ north
Longitude
-88.5301° or 88° 31′ 48″ west
Population
8,460
Elevation
443 feet (135 metres)
Open location code
86CH3F69+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316952662
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4240145
Wiki­data ID
Q115337
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Hamilton” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Hamilton County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة هاميلتون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه هاميلتون، إلينوي”
  • Armenian: “Համիլթոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Hamilton”
  • Basque: “Hamilton konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Hamilton County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Hamilton County”
  • Bishnupriya: “হ্যামিলটন কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “হ্যামিলটন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Хамилтън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Hamilton”
  • Cebuano: “Hamilton County”
  • Chechen: “Гамильтон (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Гамильтон”
  • Chinese: “Hamilton Kūn”
  • Chinese: “哈密尔顿县”
  • Chinese: “汉密尔顿县”
  • Chinese: “漢密爾頓縣”
  • Chinese: “漢彌爾頓縣”
  • Dutch: “Hamilton County”
  • Esperanto: “Hamilton County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Hamilton”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Hamilton”
  • Estonian: “Hamiltoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Hamiltonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Hamilton”
  • French: “Comté de Hamilton”
  • French: “Hamilton County”
  • Georgian: “ჰამილტონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Hamilton County”
  • Gilaki: “همیلتون ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “همیلتون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Χάμιλτον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Χάμιλτον”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז המילטון”
  • Hungarian: “Hamilton megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Hamilton”
  • Italian: “contea di Hamilton”
  • Italian: “Contea di Hamilton”
  • Italian: “Hamilton County”
  • Japanese: “ハミルトン郡”
  • Korean: “해밀턴군”
  • Latin: “Hamilton Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Hamilton County”
  • Mazanderani: “همیلتون شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “همیلتون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hamilton Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hamilton Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Hamilton County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hamilton County i Illinois”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hamilton County”
  • Norwegian: “Hamilton County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان همیلتون، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان همیلتون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Hamilton”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Hamilton”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Hamilton”
  • Portuguese: “Hamilton County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Hamilton, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Hamilton”
  • Russian: “Гамильтон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Hamilton”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Hamilton County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Хамилтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hamilton County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hamilton County”
  • Slovenian: “Hamilton County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Hamilton”
  • Spanish: “condado de Hamilton”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Hamilton”
  • Spanish: “Hamilton County”
  • Swedish: “Hamilton County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Hamilton County”
  • Tatar: “Гамильтон (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Гамильтон”
  • Turkish: “Hamilton County, IL”
  • Turkish: “Hamilton County, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Hamilton County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Hamilton County”
  • Turkish: “Hamilton ilçesi, IL”
  • Turkish: “Hamilton ilçesi, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Hamilton ilçesi, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Hamilton ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Гамільтон”
  • Urdu: “ہیملٹن کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “ہیملٹن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Hamilton”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Hamilton, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Hamilton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Hamilton, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Hamilton”
  • Welsh: “Hamilton County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Hamilton County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہیملٹن کاؤنٹی، الینوۓ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہیملٹن کاؤنٹی”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mc Leansboro Airport and Hutson Cemetery.

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