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Sangamon

Sangamon County is a county located near the center of the U.S. state of . According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 196,343. Its county seat and largest city is , the state capital.
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  • Type: County with 195,000 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Sangamon County”, “Sangamon County, IL”, and “Sangamon County, Illinois”

Places of Interest

Highlights include H. P. Boult House and Dana–Thomas House.

Heritage site
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The is a historic house located at 1123 South 2nd Street in , . The house, which was built in 1889, has a Queen Anne design with Eastlake ornamentation.

Museum
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The is a Prairie School–style home at 301 East Lawrence Avenue in , designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It was built in 1902–1904 for the philanthropist Susan Lawrence Dana.

Heritage site
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The is a historic house located at 925 South 7th Street in , . While the house was built in the 1840s, its current design comes from a series of additions and renovations which began in 1878.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Springfield and Southern View.

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is a city in the center of the state of . It is the state's capital — not — and the county seat of Sangamon County. is best known for its most famous resident, Abraham Lincoln, and there are several historic sites that are dedicated to him.

Village
is a village in Sangamon County, , . The population was 1,642 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Town
is located in Sangamon County, . As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,447 and it contained 5,668 housing units.

Sangamon

Latitude
39.7624° or 39° 45′ 45″ north
Longitude
-89.6455° or 89° 38′ 44″ west
Population
195,000
Elevation
604 feet (184 metres)
Inception
1821
Open location code
86FGQ963+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316952654
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4249472
Wiki­data ID
Q490994
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Sangamon” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Sangamon County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة سانغامون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه سانغامون، إلينوي”
  • Armenian: “Սենգամոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Sangamon”
  • Basque: “Sangamon konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Sangamon County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Sangamon County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Сангамон”
  • Belarusian: “Сангамон (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Сангамон”
  • Bishnupriya: “সানগামোন কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “সানগামোন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Сангъмън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Sangamon”
  • Cebuano: “Sangamon County”
  • Chechen: “Сангамон (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Сангамон”
  • Chinese: “Sangamon Kūn”
  • Chinese: “桑加蒙县”
  • Chinese: “桑加蒙縣”
  • Chinese: “桑加蒙郡”
  • Dutch: “Sangamon County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Sangamon”
  • Esperanto: “Sangamon County”
  • Estonian: “Sangamoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Sangamonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Sangamon”
  • French: “Comté de Sangamon”
  • French: “Sangamon County”
  • Georgian: “სანგამონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Sangamon County”
  • Gilaki: “سانگامون ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “سانگامون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז סנגמון (אילינוי)”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז סנגמון, אילינוי, ארצות הברית”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז סנגמון”
  • Hungarian: “Sangamon megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Sangamon”
  • Italian: “contea di Sangamon”
  • Italian: “Contea di Sangamon”
  • Italian: “Sangamon County”
  • Japanese: “サンガモン・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “サンガモン郡”
  • Korean: “상거먼군”
  • Latin: “Sangamon Comitatus”
  • Lithuanian: “Sangamono apygarda”
  • Low German: “Sangamon County”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sangamon County”
  • Mazanderani: “سانگامون شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “سانگامون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Sangamon Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sangamon Kūn”
  • Newari: “स्याङ्गामन काउन्ति, इलिनोइ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sangamon County”
  • Norwegian: “Sangamon County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سانگامون، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سانگامون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Sangamon”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Sangamon”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Sangamon”
  • Portuguese: “Sangamon County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Sangamon, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Sangamon”
  • Russian: “Сангамон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Sangamon”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sangamon County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Сангамон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sangamon County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sangamon County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Sangamon”
  • Slovenian: “Sangamon County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Sangamon”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Sangamon”
  • Spanish: “Sangamon County”
  • Swedish: “Sangamon County”
  • Tatar: “Сангамон (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Сангамон”
  • Turkish: “Sangamon County, IL”
  • Turkish: “Sangamon County, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Sangamon County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Sangamon County”
  • Turkish: “Sangamon ilçesi, IL”
  • Turkish: “Sangamon ilçesi, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Sangamon ilçesi, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Sangamon ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Сенгамон”
  • Ukrainian: “Сенґамон”
  • Urdu: “سینگامون کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “سینگامون کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Sangamon”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Sangamon, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Sangamon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Sangamon, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Sangamon”
  • Welsh: “Sangamon County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Sangamon County”
  • Western Panjabi: “سانگامون کاؤنٹی”

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