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• Springfield is the capital of Illinois. This centrally located city is surrounded by Decatur and Champaign/Urbana to the east, Peoria to the north and Bloomington/Normal located to the Northeast.

  Abraham Lincoln is Springfield's most prominent past resident, he was a resident from 1837 to 1861.

• Fast Facts

  1. Country: United States
  2. State: Illinois
  3. County: Sangamon
  4. Mayor: Timothy DavlinSpringfield IL:Springfield, IL
  5. Population: 113,586Infoplease: Springfield Census
  6. Founded: 1821Springfield Illinois: Springfield
  7. Area Code: 217
  8. Airport Code: SPI
  9. Time Zone: Central Standard Time
  10. Original name was Calhoun, after Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina

• Parks, Monuments, Lakes

  • Lincoln Tomb
  • Lincoln Home National Historic Site
  • Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
  • Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site
  • Illinois State Fair
  • Hoogland Center for the Arts
  • Springfield Theatre Centre
  • Springfield Municipal Opera

• Neighborhoods

  Eastside, Enos Park, Hawthorne Place, Historic West Side, Lincoln Park, Near South, Oak Ridge, Shalom, Springfield Lakeshore, Twin Lakes, Vinegar Hill

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  Illinois | Abraham Lincoln | Illinois Outdoors | Chicago

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