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· Illinois
Putnam County
Putnam County is the least extensive county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 5,637. The county seat is Hennepin. The county was formed in 1825 out of Fulton County and named after Israel Putnam, who was a general in the American Revolution. Putnam County is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 162159
- FIPS state
- 17
- FIPS county
- 155
- FIPS place
- 99155
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF PUTNAM
- Mailing address
- PO BOX 235, HENNEPIN 61327