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Charleston is a city in, and the county seat of, Coles County, Illinois, United States. [3] The population was 17,286, as of the 2020 census. The city is home to Eastern Illinois University and has close ties with its neighbor, Mattoon.
Charleston Township is one of twelve townships in Coles County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 19,313 and it contained 9,194 housing units. [1] Eastern Illinois University is located in this township.
Coles County was organized by on December 25, 1830, from Clark and Edgar counties. It was named after Edward Coles, [3] the second governor of Illinois, from 1822 to 1826. The majority of the American settlers who founded Coles County were either from the six New England states, or were born in upstate New York to parents who had moved to that region from New England shortly after the American ...
Lake Charleston is a reservoir in Coles County, Illinois. [1] Served by Illinois Route 130, it is 2 miles (3 km) southeast of the Illinois city of Charleston. [2] Much of the lake is surrounded by city parkland, and a lakeside circular trail is 3.6 miles (6.0 km) in length. Power boats are allowed, but the lake enforces a no-wake rule.
Charleston: 1830: Clark and Edgar County: Edward Coles (1786–1868), second Governor of Illinois, responsible for the abolition of slavery in Illinois 46,060: 508 sq mi (1,316 km 2) Cook County: 031: Chicago: 1831: Putnam County: Daniel Pope Cook (1794–1827), politician and first Attorney General of Illinois: 5,087,072: 944 sq mi (2,445 km 2 ...
Illinois Route 130A was a spur of Illinois Route 130 during the 1930s. The route ran from Route 130 in Boos to Sainte Marie, a distance of 5 miles (8.0 km). [6] Initially, IL 130A used to be signed as IL 130 but it only acted like a spur route to Sainte Marie. [7] IL 130A replaced a portion of that in 1931. [4] It eventually got decommissioned ...
The Charleston–Mattoon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of Coles County in central Illinois, anchored by the cities of Charleston and Mattoon. As of the 2000 census, the area had a population of 64,449 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 62,781). [1]
SBI Route 16 was established in 1918, running originally from Litchfield east to Paris. In 1962, a new 4-lane highway was built from Mattoon to Charleston; this became Illinois 16, while the old alignment became Illinois Route 316, which was dropped sometime in the 1970s.