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Decatur Public Schools District 61 is a public unit school district in Macon County, Illinois.As of 2018 it was the 26th largest school district in Illinois, and had one pre-kindergarten/early learning center, four full K-8 schools, eleven elementary schools with kindergarten through sixth grade, two middle schools, two high schools, and two alternative education programs.
The Southern Illinois District includes 96 congregations [2] and 1 mission start, [3] subdivided into 11 circuits, as well as 14 preschools, 22 elementary schools, and 3 high schools. [4] Baptized membership in district congregations is 43,046. [5] District pastors and lay members are involved in ministry in 27 prisons and jails located in the ...
South Wheatland Township is located in Macon County, Illinois, south of Decatur.As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,143 and it contained 1,861 housing units. [2] The South Wheatland Fire Protection District consists of 5 officers; 1 Chief, 1 Asst. Chief, 1 Captain, and 2 Lieutenants, and 14 Firefighters, as well as 3 members on the Board of Trustees.
While downtown Decatur was platted in 1829, it did not experience significant commercial development until 1854, when two railroads built lines through the city; all but one of the district's contributing buildings were built between 1854 and 1916. The district includes many of the commercial buildings which were built in the economic boom ...
Decatur (/ d ɪ ˈ k eɪ t ər / dih-KAY-tər) is the largest city in and the county seat of Macon County, Illinois, United States. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 70,522. [4]
Plaque honoring 2,486 Macon County soldiers that fought in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65. According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 586 square miles (1,520 km 2), of which 581 square miles (1,500 km 2) is land and 5.2 square miles (13 km 2) (0.9%) is water.
Forsyth is located in north-central Macon County at (39.9258, -88.9593 It is bordered to the south by the city of Decatur, the county seat. U.S. Route 51 is the main highway through the village, leading south 6 miles (10 km) to the center of Decatur and north 15 miles (24 km) to Clinton.
It is 12 miles (19 km) west of Decatur, the county seat, and 30 miles (48 km) east-northeast of Springfield, the state capital. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Niantic has a total area of 1.04 square miles (2.69 km 2), all land. [1] The village drains westward to southwest-flowing tributaries of the Sangamon River.