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ZIP code62321 Wikidata

Area code217 Wikidata

About Carthage

City in the United States

1838Established

2,490Population

2.4 sq miArea

669 ftElevation

Carthage is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 2,490 as of the 2020 census. Carthage is best known for being the site of the 1844 killing of Joseph Smith, who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

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