Carthage, Illinois

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”’Carthage”’ is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Hancock County, Illinois]], [[United States]].<ref name=”GR6″>{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31}}</ref> Its population was 2,490 as of the 2020 census.<ref name=”Census 2010″>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1711527| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Carthage city, Illinois| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=June 9, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Carthage is best known for being the site of the 1844 [[murder of Joseph Smith]], who founded the [[Latter Day Saint movement]].

”’Carthage”’ is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Hancock County, Illinois]], [[United States]].<ref name=”GR6″>{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31}}</ref> Its population was 2,490 as of the 2020 census.<ref name=”Census 2010″>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1711527| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Carthage city, Illinois| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=June 9, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Carthage is best known for being the site of the 1844 [[ of Joseph Smith]], who founded the [[Latter Day Saint movement]].

==History==

==History==