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Hancock

Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,620. Its county seat is , and its largest city is .
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  • Type: County with 19,100 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Hancock County”, “Hancock County, IL”, and “Hancock County, Illinois”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carthage and Bentley.

Town
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is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Illinois, . Its population was 2,490 as of the 2020 census. is best known for being the site of the 1844 murder of Joseph Smith, who founded the Latter Day Saint movement.

Hamlet
is an incorporated town in southeast Hancock County, , . The population was 30 at the 2020 census.

Hancock

Latitude
40.3942° or 40° 23′ 39″ north
Longitude
-91.1458° or 91° 8′ 45″ west
Population
19,100
Elevation
692 feet (211 metres)
Open location code
86GC9VV3+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316952560
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4895035
Wiki­data ID
Q265079
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Hancock” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Hancock County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة هانكوك”
  • Armenian: “Հենկոկ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Hancock”
  • Basque: “Hancock konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Hancock County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Hancock County”
  • Belarusian: “Ханкак (акруга, Ілінойс)”
  • Belarusian: “Ханкак”
  • Bishnupriya: “হানকোক কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “হানকোক কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Ханкок”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Hancock”
  • Cebuano: “Hancock County”
  • Chechen: “Ханкок (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Ханкок”
  • Chinese: “Hancock Kūn”
  • Chinese: “亨閣縣”
  • Chinese: “漢考克縣”
  • Dutch: “Hancock County”
  • Esperanto: “Hancock County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Hancock”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Hancock”
  • Estonian: “Hancocki maakond”
  • Finnish: “Hancockin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Hancock”
  • French: “Comté de Hancock”
  • French: “Hancock County”
  • Georgian: “ჰენკოკის ოლქი”
  • German: “Hancock County”
  • Gilaki: “هنکاک ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “هنکاک ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Χάνκοκ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Χάνκοκ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז האנקוק”
  • Hungarian: “Hancock megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Hancock”
  • Italian: “contea di Hancock”
  • Italian: “Contea di Hancock”
  • Italian: “Hancock County”
  • Japanese: “ハンコック郡”
  • Korean: “핸콕군”
  • Latin: “Hancock Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Hancock County”
  • Mazanderani: “هنکاک شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “هنکاک شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hancock Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hancock Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Hancock County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hancock County”
  • Norwegian: “Hancock County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هنکاک، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هنکاک”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هنکوک”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Hancock”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Hancock”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Hancock”
  • Portuguese: “Hancock County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Hancock, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Hancock”
  • Russian: “Ханкок”
  • Russian: “Хэнкок”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Hancock”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Hancock County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Хенкок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hancock County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hancock County”
  • Slovenian: “Hancock County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Hancock”
  • Spanish: “condado de Hancock”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Hancock”
  • Spanish: “Hancock County”
  • Swedish: “Hancock County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Hancock County”
  • Tatar: “Ханкок (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Ханкок”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County, IL”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi, IL”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Генкок”
  • Urdu: “ہینکوک کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “ہینکوک کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Hancock”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Hancock, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Hancock”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Hancock, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Hancock”
  • Welsh: “Hancock County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Hancock County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہینکاک کاؤنٹی، الینوۓ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہینکاک کاؤنٹی”

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