Monticello, Illinois
| City of Monticello | |
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 Piatt County Illinois Courthouse in Monticello
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| Motto: "Yesterday charm todays innovation" | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Piatt |
| Elevation | 660 ft (201.2 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°1′41″N 88°34′23″W / 40.02806°N 88.57306°WCoordinates: 40°1′41″N 88°34′23″W / 40.02806°N 88.57306°W |
| Area | 3.83 sq mi (9.9 km2) |
| - land | 3.80 sq mi (10 km2) |
| - water | 0.03 sq mi (0 km2), 0.78% |
| Population | 5,138 (2000) |
| Density | 1,724.7/sq mi (665.9/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 61856 |
| Area code | 217 |
  Location of Monticello within Illinois
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Monticello (/mɒntᵻˈsɛloʊ/, mon-tə-SSEL-loh) is a city in Piatt County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,138 at the 2000 census, and 5,374 at a 2009 estimate. It is the county seat of Piatt County.
Monticello is located at 40°1′41″N 88°34′23″W / 40.02806°N 88.57306°W (40.028092, -88.573003).
According to the 2010 census, Monticello has a total area of 3.829 square miles (9.92 km2), of which 3.8 square miles (9.84 km2) (or 99.24%) is land and 0.029 square miles (0.08 km2) (or 0.76%) is water.
Monticello is located in East Central Illinois between the cities of Decatur and Champaign, Illinois.
Monticello is nearly equidistant from Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis.
Robert Allerton Park, which belongs to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and includes a conference center, a garden, summer camp location, and forest art museum, is located just outside Monticello.
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