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The city of Marion is the county seat of Williamson County, Illinois, United States. [3] The population in Marion, IL was 16,855 according to the 2020 census. It is part of a dispersed urban area that developed out of early 20th-century coal fields.
Central Illinois within Illinois. Historically prairie, Central Illinois is generally flat and includes Douglas County, the state's flattest. [2] [3] The region also hosts a variety of man-made lakes, including Lake Shelbyville, Lake Springfield, Clinton Lake and Lake Decatur. [4]
DeKalb County was formed on March 4, 1837, [3] out of Kane County, Illinois. The county was named for Johann de Kalb, [4] a German hero of the American Revolutionary War. DeKalb County's area is approximately 632.7 square miles, and it is located 63 miles west of Chicago. There are 19 townships in the county; the county seat is Sycamore.
In 1837, Congress created the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, placing it in Chicago, Illinois and giving it jurisdiction over the District of Illinois, 5 Stat. 176. [5] On February 13, 1855, by 10 Stat. 606, the District of Illinois was subdivided into Northern and the Southern Districts. [5]
Macoupin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census , it had a population of 44,967. [ 1 ] The county seat is Carlinville .
Tinley Park (formerly Bremen) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States (with a small portion in Will County), and is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 55,971, [3] and it is among the fastest-growing suburbs southwest of Chicago. In 2009, BusinessWeek named Tinley Park the "best place in America" to raise a ...
Kickapoo State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 2,842 acres (1,150 ha) in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. Located between Oakwood, Illinois and Danville, Illinois , this park is easily accessible through route I-74.
Schaumburg (/ ˈ ʃ ɔː m b ɜːr ɡ / SHAWM-burg) is a village located mostly in Cook County and partly in DuPage County in northeastern Illinois, United States.Per the 2020 Census, the population was 78,723, making Schaumburg the most populous incorporated village in the United States. [3]