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The Illinois Driftless Area is a region in containing the sole portions of the Driftless Zone in Illinois. Like other portions of the Driftless Zone, the Illinois Driftless Area is noted for its high hills, deep river valleys and general scenic beauty.
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  • Type: County with 44,800 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Stephenson County”, “Stephenson County, IL”, and “Stephenson County, Illinois”
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cedarville.

Village
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is a village in Stephenson County, , . The population was 741 at the 2010 census, up from 719 in 2000. It is the birthplace of social activist Jane Addams, the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Stephenson

Latitude
42.3503° or 42° 21′ 1″ north
Longitude
-89.6736° or 89° 40′ 25″ west
Population
44,800
Elevation
820 feet (250 metres)
Named after
Benjamin Stephenson
Open location code
86JG982G+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2002257971
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4912492
Wiki­data ID
Q491032
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Stephenson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Stephenson County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ستيفينسون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه ستيفينسون، إلينوي”
  • Armenian: “Ստիվենսոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Stephenson”
  • Basque: “Stephenson konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Stephenson County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Stephenson County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Стывэнсан”
  • Belarusian: “Стывенсан”
  • Belarusian: “Стывэнсан (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Стывэнсан”
  • Bishnupriya: “স্টিভেনশন কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “স্টিভেনশন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Стивънсън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Stephenson”
  • Cebuano: “Stephenson County”
  • Chechen: “Стивенсон (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Стивенсон”
  • Chinese: “Stephenson Kūn”
  • Chinese: “史蒂芬森縣”
  • Chinese: “斯蒂芬斯县”
  • Chinese: “斯蒂芬森县”
  • Chinese: “斯蒂芬森縣”
  • Czech: “Stephenson County”
  • Dutch: “Stephenson County”
  • Estonian: “Stephensoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Stephensonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Stephenson”
  • French: “Comté de Stephenson”
  • French: “Stephenson County”
  • Georgian: “სტივენსონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Stephenson County”
  • Gilaki: “استفنسون ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “استفنسون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז סטפנסון”
  • Hungarian: “Stephenson megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Stephenson”
  • Italian: “contea di Stephenson”
  • Italian: “Contea di Stephenson”
  • Japanese: “スティーブンソン郡”
  • Korean: “스티븐슨군”
  • Latin: “Stephenson Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Stephenson County”
  • Mazanderani: “استفنسون شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “استفنسون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Stephenson Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Stephenson Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stephenson County”
  • Norwegian: “Stephenson County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان استفنسون، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان استفنسون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Stephenson”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Stephenson”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Stephenson, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Stephenson”
  • Russian: “Стивенсон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Stephenson”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Stephenson County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Стивенсон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stephenson County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stephenson County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Stephenson”
  • Slovenian: “Stephenson County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Stephenson (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Stephenson”
  • Swedish: “Stephenson County”
  • Tatar: “Стивенсон (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Стивенсон”
  • Turkish: “Stephenson County, IL”
  • Turkish: “Stephenson County, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Stephenson County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Stephenson County”
  • Turkish: “Stephenson ilçesi, IL”
  • Turkish: “Stephenson ilçesi, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Stephenson ilçesi, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Stephenson ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Стівенсон”
  • Urdu: “سٹیفنسن کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “سٹیفنسن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Stephenson”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Stephenson, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Stephenson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Stephenson, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Stephenson”
  • Welsh: “Stephenson County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Stephenson County”
  • Western Panjabi: “سٹیفنسن کاؤنٹی”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Stephenson”. Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.