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Located in Vandalia, 38.961199°N 89.093980°W. Vandalia was the location of the second, third, and fourth State House Capitol buildings, where the state legislature of the General Assembly of Illinois met for 17 years, between 1820 and 1837. In 1820 with the completion of the new, or "second", capitol, Vandalia became the capital city of the ...
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the seat of Sangamon County. The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh-most populous city, [ 10 ] the second-most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the most populous in Central Illinois.
As a center of the regional economy, Kaskaskia served as the capital of Illinois Territory from 1809 until statehood was gained in 1818, and then as the state capital until 1819. The first Illinois newspaper, the Illinois Herald, was published here on June 24, 1814. [19] In 1818 it was the site of the state's first constitutional convention and ...
The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. The government of Illinois, under the Constitution of Illinois, has three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. The executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices, with the governor as chief executive. Legislative functions are granted to the Illinois General ...
Designated NHL. July 4, 1961. The Old State Capitol State Historic Site, in Springfield, Illinois, is a former capitol building for the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of two preserved former Illinois capitol buildings (the other is in Vandalia). It was built in the Greek Revival style in 1837–1840, when Springfield became the capital city ...
This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals. Washington, D.C. has been the federal capital of the United States since 1800. Each U.S. state has its own capital city, as do many of its insular areas.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 October 2024. "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 ...
0428803. Website. chicago.gov. Chicago[ a ] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [ 9 ] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.