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Area code 708 was created on November 11, 1989, in a split of area code 312. It once served almost all of Chicago's suburbs in Illinois. In 1996, its numbering plan area was reduced in a three-way area code split. The northern suburbs received area code 847, while the western suburbs were assigned area code 630.
Original courthouse, seen in 1935. When the county was formed, a rude log building was soon erected to serve as the first courthouse. Measuring 18 by 24 by 20 feet (5.5 m × 7.3 m × 6.1 m), [2] it was used as a courthouse during the week, and it was available for churches to use on weekends.
In the group of original North American area codes, established in 1947, all of the Chicago metropolitan area was part of numbering plan area 312, the rest of northern Illinois was 815, central Illinois was 217, and southern Illinois was 618. In 1957, area code 815 was split for the assignment of area code 309 to western central Illinois.
Decatur is listed by the United States Census Bureau as number three in "The 15 Fastest-Declining Large Cities" which showed a 7.1% population loss of (−5,376) from 2010 to 2019. [42] The Chicago Tribune says: "in 1980, Decatur's population was at a high of 94,000. Now it is 71,000." [43]
Chicago Heights lies on the high land of the Tinley Moraine, with the higher and older Valparaiso Moraine lying just to the south of the city.. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Chicago Heights has a total area of 10.30 square miles (26.68 km 2), of which 10.28 square miles (26.63 km 2) (or 99.87%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) (or 0.13%) 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.
A group of University Heights residents filed a lawsuit more than a year ago seeking to stop the development of anything but a residential dwelling, citing 100-year-old deed restrictions on ...
Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 103,998. [1] Its county seat and most populous city is Decatur. [2] Macon County comprises the Decatur, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.