Rising Sun, Pope County, Illinois

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Rising Sun, Illinois
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Rising Sun, Illinois
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Rising Sun, Illinois
Coordinates: 37°24′25″N88°34′41″W / 37.40694°N 88.57806°W / 37.40694; -88.57806 Coordinates: 37°24′25″N88°34′41″W / 37.40694°N 88.57806°W / 37.40694; -88.57806
Country United States
State Illinois
County Pope
Elevation 640 ft (200 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 618
GNIS feature ID 425385 [1]

Rising Sun is an unincorporated community in Pope County, Illinois, United States. Rising Sun is 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Golconda.

Pope County, Illinois county in Illinois

Pope County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 4,470, making it the second-least populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Golconda. The county was organized in 1816 from portions of Gallatin and Johnson counties and named after Nathaniel Pope, a politician and jurist from the Illinois Territory and State of Illinois.

Illinois State of the United States of America

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It has the 5th largest Gross Domestic Product by state, is the 6th-most populous U.S. state and 25th-largest state in terms of land area. Illinois is often noted as a microcosm of the entire United States. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in northern and central Illinois, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a diverse economic base, and is a major transportation hub. The Port of Chicago connects the state to other global ports around the world from the Great Lakes, via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the Atlantic Ocean; as well as the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, via the Illinois Waterway on the Illinois River. The Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the Wabash River form parts of the boundaries of Illinois. For decades, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and, through the 1980s, in politics.

Golconda, Illinois City in Illinois, United States

Golconda is a city in and the county seat of Pope County, Illinois, United States, located along the Ohio River. The population was 726 at the 2000 census. Most of the city is part of the Golconda Historic District.

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