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Salem, Illinois: Website: www.salemil.us: Salem is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Illinois, United States. [5] The population was 7,282 at the 2020 ...
Salem Township (T2N R2E) is centered at 38°36'N 88°59'W (38.619, -88.980). It is traversed north–south by Interstate Route 57 and State Route 37 and east–west by U.S. Route 50. The city of Salem is located in the northeastern part of the township as is most of the Salem Reservoir (El. 166 m).
Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 37,729. [1] Its county seat is Salem. [2] Marion County comprises the Centralia, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area.
Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site is a reconstruction of the former village of New Salem in Menard County, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1837. [1] While in his twenties, the future U.S. President made his living in this village as a boatman, soldier in the Black Hawk War , general store owner, postmaster, surveyor ...
The 1971 Salem, Illinois derailment occurred on June 10, 1971, when Amtrak’s City of New Orleans passenger train derailed near Salem, Illinois.It is sometimes referred to as the Tonti derailment, after the unincorporated community of Tonti, Illinois, which was the site of the crash.
In January 1832, 23-year-old Lincoln and 21-year-old William F. Berry, a member of Lincoln's militia company during the Black Hawk War, purchased one of the three general stores in New Salem from James and Rowan Herndon. [3] The two men signed personal notes to purchase the business and a later acquisition of another store's inventory. [4]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. "Cities in Illinois" redirects here. For unincorporated communities, see List of unincorporated communities in Illinois. For CDPs, see List of census-designated places in Illinois. Map of the United States with Illinois highlighted Illinois is a state located in the Midwestern United ...
The last county, Ford County, was created by the Illinois government in 1859. Cook County, established in 1831 and named for the early Illinois Attorney General Daniel Pope Cook, contained the absolute majority of the state's population in the first half of the 20th century and retains more than 40% of it as of the 2020 census.