How many people live in White County?

About 13,665 people, according to the GeoNames dataset this page draws on. Population figures for smaller places are estimates and can be out of date.

What time zone is White County in?

White County uses the America/Chicago time zone.

What is near White County?

The nearest town or city is Carmi, about 2 km away — White County lies west of it.

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White County

Illinois • United States

White County is a county in Illinois, United States. It has a population of about 13,877 and an area of 502 km². It is on Central Time. It contains 2 villages and 1 town with a combined population of about 7,992. The largest are Carmi (5,119), Grayville (1,626), and Norris City (1,247). Its nearest neighbours are Mount Vernon (30 km), McLeansboro (31 km), and Albion (34 km). It was established in 1815. 3 official videos are published about the United States.

Time zone: America/Chicago
Coordinates: 38.0875, -88.1796
Population: 13,665
Area: 502 km²
Established: 1815
Official website: whitecounty-il.gov

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Music from White County

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A sample: how a business in White County would use TimTim.Live

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What happens, step by step

1Find your business, or add it. Both are free.
2Fill in your page — photos, hours, what you do.
3Create an offer. Free to make, free to run.
4TimTim shows it to people exploring this place.
5A curator recommends it to people who trust them.
6An ambassador shares it with the community.
7A customer taps the link — and the tap is counted.
8They claim or redeem the offer.
9The sale is verified before anything else happens.
10Revenue is attributed to whoever helped.
11Your dashboard updates.
12Only then does TimTim's agreed fee apply.

Example figures — not real, and not from White County

People who saw the page: 310
People who saw the offer: 182
Curator recommendations: 3
Shares by ambassadors: 7
Taps on the offer: 64
Offers claimed: 41
Redeemed in person: 28
Verified sales: $1,240

In this example TimTim's agreed fee is 10% of verified sales — so $124 of the $1,240, and the business keeps $1,116.

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How much is known about here

31%of what we hope to know about White County

Place facts100%
Local names0%
Nearby places100%
Music100%
Local knowledge0%
Memories0%
Places to go0%

Almost nothing is recorded about White County yet, so anything you add here counts for 1.5× what it would in a well-documented city. The places the internet ignores are the ones worth writing down.

Questions about White County

Where is White County?: White County is a county in Illinois, United States.
How many people live in White County?: About 13,665 people, according to the GeoNames dataset this page draws on. Population figures for smaller places are estimates and can be out of date.
What time zone is White County in?: White County uses the America/Chicago time zone.
What are the coordinates of White County?: 38.0875, -88.1796.
What is near White County?: The nearest town or city is Carmi, about 2 km away — White County lies west of it.

Languages in White County

This page is written in English. These are the languages spoken here — the ones we can already show you are links.

English

Your White County Discovery Passport

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What you can do for White County

Everything below is worth 1.5× here, because this page still has large gaps. The emptier a place, the more a contribution to it is worth.

Anyone can do these, right now

Collect this place's stamp
It goes in your passport.
+2
Send a musical postcard from here
+3
Share a song from here with someone
Worth more once they actually listen.
+8
Check a neighbour's contribution
Checks are what publish anything.
+30

If you know White County

These are what the page is missing. Every one of them waits for 2 neighbours to confirm it before it appears — and before it pays.

Share a memory of this place
What it was like. Nobody can add this but the people who were here.
+38
Add something only a local would know
The place people go, the thing visitors never find.
+38
Add somewhere to eat, drink or hear music
Somewhere real, that someone here would actually recommend.
+38
Tell us how this place's name is really said
The local name, and how to say it.
+23

🚀 White County to the Moon and Beyond

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Explore, contribute what you know, and help your community take part. For people 18 and over.
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White County through the years

Nobody has shared a memory of White County yet. Every decade below is still empty — if you were here for any of them, you know something this page does not.

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1960sWere you here in the 1960s? Nobody has spoken for it yet.
1950sWere you here in the 1950s? Nobody has spoken for it yet.
1940sWere you here in the 1940s? Nobody has spoken for it yet.

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