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Use a different map base that distinguishes between adjacent counties. 20:48, 19 April 2013: 3,453 × 6,157 (84 KB) Dewclouds: Fixed typo in source to add Randolph County. 18:58, 24 February 2007: 3,453 × 6,157 (84 KB) Dual Freq: This is a map highlighting Illinois counties without township government (Precincts not townships).
The largest by land area is McLean County, while the smallest is Putnam County. Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL. What is now Illinois was claimed as part of Illinois County, Virginia, between 1778 and 1782.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 14:18, 2 February 2007: 3,453 × 6,157 (83 KB): Dual Freq: This is a map showing Illinois counties Modification of David Benbennick's map.
Chicago's present natural geography is a result of the large glaciers of the Ice Age, namely the Wisconsinan Glaciation that carved out the modern basin of Lake Michigan (which formed from the glacier's meltwater). The city of Chicago itself sits on the Chicago Plain, a flat plain that was once the bottom of ancestral Lake Chicago. This plain ...
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The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3] The Constitution of 1970 created, for the first time in Illinois, a type of "home rule", which allows localities to govern themselves to a certain extent. [4]
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Cook County, which is home to Chicago, is the only majority-minority county within Illinois, with non-Hispanic whites making up a plurality of 40.4% of the population. [105] In 2020, 96,498 identified as being Native American alone, while 184,487 did in combination with one or more other races.