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  2. Southern Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Southern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois comprising the southern third of the state, principally south of Interstate 70.Part of downstate Illinois, it is bordered by the two most voluminous rivers in the United States: the Mississippi below its connection with the Missouri River to the west and the Ohio River to the east and south, with the tributary Wabash River, extending ...

  3. History of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The history of Illinois may be defined by several broad historical periods, namely, the pre-Columbian period, the era of European exploration and colonization, its development as part of the American frontier, its early statehood period, growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, and contemporary Illinois of today.

  4. List of battles fought in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Near Elizabeth, Illinois: Black Hawk War: United States Victory 1+ United States vs Sauk and Fox: Illinois Mormon War: June 10, 1844 - September 16, 1846 Nauvoo, Illinois: Illinois Victory ~10 Illinois and Illinois Militia vs Nauvoo Legion: Charleston riot: March 28, 1864 Charleston, Illinois: Civil War: 9 Union Army vs Copperheads: Haymarket ...

  5. Shawnee Hills - Wikipedia

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    The Shawnee Hills are a region within the larger Interior Low Plateaus physiographic province located in southern Illinois, southern Indiana, and western Kentucky. [1] In Illinois it rests mainly in an east–west arc roughly following the outline of the southern end of the Illinois Basin.

  6. Monroe County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 34,962. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Waterloo. [2] Monroe County is included in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known historically as "Little Egypt".

  7. Harrisburg, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Soon Pioneer history was showcased at the Saline County Area Historical Museum on the city's southern edge. The 3-acre (1.2 ha) site includes the three-story high Old Pauper Home, which was once part of the county's 170-acre (0.69 km 2) poor farm, built in 1877. The site also features a variety of cabins, a one-room school house, a small church ...

  8. Madison County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Madison County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois.It is a part of the Metro East in southern Illinois.According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 264,776, [1] making it the eighth-most populous county in Illinois and the most populous in the southern portion of the state.

  9. List of ecoregions in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Illinois' ecology is in a land area of 56,400 square miles (146,000 km 2); the state is 385 miles (620 km) long and 218 miles (351 km) wide and is located between latitude: 36.9540° to 42.4951° N, and longitude: 87.3840° to 91.4244° W, [1] with primarily a humid continental climate.