Effingham

Effingham is a city in , United States, and its county seat. It is in South Central Illinois. Its population was 12,252 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Town with 12,400 residents
  • Description: city in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Effingham (Illinois)”, “Effingham, IL”, “Effingham, Illinois”, “Еффингҳам”, “एफिंगह्याम (इलियोनोई)”, and “エッフィンガム”
  • Postal code: 62401

Places of Interest

Highlights: Effingham station and Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Mitchazenia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Amtrak intercity train station in Effingham, Illinois, United States.

Courthouse
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The …

Wayside cross
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is a large roadside…

Effingham

Latitude
39.1201° or 39° 7′ 13″ north
Longitude
-88.5435° or 88° 32′ 37″ west
Population
12,400
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US EFI
Open location code
86FH4FC4+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153582081
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4237727
Wiki­data ID
Q577958
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Effingham” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إفينغم”
  • Basque: “Effingham”
  • Bengali: “এফিংহাম”
  • Catalan: “Effingham”
  • Cebuano: “Effingham”
  • Chechen: “Эффингем”
  • Chinese: “埃芬漢 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “埃芬漢”
  • Croatian: “Effingham”
  • Dagbani: “Effingham”
  • Danish: “Effingham”
  • Dutch: “Effingham”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “افينجم”
  • French: “Effingham”
  • German: “Effingham”
  • Gilaki: “افینگهم (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “افینگهم”
  • Greek: “Έφινγκχαμ”
  • Haitian: “Effingham, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Effingham”
  • Hausa: “Effingham, Illinois”
  • Hausa: “Effingham”
  • Hungarian: “Effingham”
  • Ido: “Effingham, Illinois”
  • Ido: “Effingham”
  • Irish: “Effingham”
  • Italian: “Effingham”
  • Japanese: “エフィンガム”
  • Ladin: “Effingham”
  • Mazanderani: “افینگ‌هام (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “افینگ‌هام”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Effingham”
  • Newari: “एफिंगह्याम, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “एफिंगह्याम, इलियोनोई”
  • Newari: “एफिंगह्याम”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Effingham”
  • Norwegian: “Effingham”
  • Persian: “افینگ‌هام، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “افینگ‌هام”
  • Polish: “Effingham”
  • Portuguese: “Effingham”
  • Russian: “Ефингхам”
  • Serbian: “Ефингхам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Effingham, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Effingham”
  • South Azerbaijani: “افینقهام، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Effingham”
  • Swedish: “Effingham, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Effingham”
  • Tatar: “Эффингем”
  • Turkish: “Effingham, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Effingham”
  • Ukrainian: “Еффінгем”
  • Urdu: “ایفنگھم، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “ایفنگھم”
  • Uzbek: “Effingham”
  • Vietnamese: “Effingham, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Effingham”
  • Volapük: “Effingham”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Effingham, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Effingham”
  • Welsh: “Effingham, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Effingham”

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