A view of the northwest side of the mountain showing the normal route. Aconcagua in 1897, photograph by A E Lightbody from the book 'The Highest Andes' by E. A. FitzGerald. The view south to Aconcagua from high on Mercedario's summit ridge. An unusual view of the north side of the mountain.
Evans County is located in an area known as the Magnolia Midlands within the Historic South region. The current Evans County Courthouse was created in 1923 and, in 1940, the people of Evans County elected their first female sheriff.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Evans City has a total area of 0.81 square miles (2.1 km2), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,009 people, 819 households, and 548 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,476.1 people per square mile (957.6/kmÂ²).