Lincoln (Illinois)
Logan County
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Lincoln is a city and county seat of Logan County in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Geography
Lincoln is located between the cities of Bloomington and Springfield, located at a distance of 30 kilometers north-east and 50 kilometers to the southwest. The nearest big cities are Chicago (220 kilometers north-east ) and St. Louis in Missouri (180 kilometers south-west ). The Interstate 55 is tangent to the town in the west and north, where it replaces parts of the historic Route 66
History
The name of the city received its name in honor of Abraham Lincoln, who was temporarily working as a lawyer in the city. However, it is the only city in the United States, which adopted that name before Abraham Lincoln became president. At the site of the old, dilapidated courthouse, the new Logan County Courthouse was built in 1905. This Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Today, Lincoln is because of the connection to President Abraham Lincoln, as well as a nostalgic way station on the trail of the historic Route 66 from tourist importance.
The town also contains the following three colleges.
- Lincoln College ( Illinois)
- Lincoln Christian University
- Heartland Community College
Demographic data
In 2012 a population of 14,319 people was determined, which means a decrease of 6.8% compared to the year 2000. The mean age was 38.0 years and in 2012 was lower than the value of the State of Illinois, which was 42.2 years.
The largest groups of ancestors of the present inhabitants of the city from Europe go back to 28.6 % on immigrants from Germany, 11.6 % came from Ireland and 10.0 % in England.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Scott Douglas Altman ( born 1959 ), astronaut
- Terry Kinney (born 1954 ), actor
- Edward Rell Madigan (1936-1994), politician
- William Keepers Maxwell, Jr. (1908-2000), writer
- Ken Norton, Jr. (born 1966 ), American football player