13 Facts About Decatur Illinois

In 2014, ADM moved its upper corporate management out of Decatur Illinois and established the new ADM World Headquarters in downtown Chicago.

Decatur Illinois is 150 miles southwest of Chicago, 40 miles east of Springfield, the state capital, and 110 miles northeast of St Louis.

Decatur Illinois is listed by the United States Census Bureau as number three in "The 15 Fastest-Declining Large Cities" which showed a 7.

In 1955 a group of Decatur Illinois businessmen founded the Soy Capital Bank to trade on the nickname.

Decatur Illinois was awarded the All-America City Award in 1960, one of eleven cities honored that year.

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Those who served as president of the town of Decatur were: Richard Oglesby, Joseph Williams, Henry Snyder, Kirby Benedict, Joseph King, Thomas P Rodgers, David Crone, J H Elliott, Joseph Kauffman, Joseph King, William S Crissey, W J Stamper, William Prather, and Thomas H Wingate .

Decatur Illinois was the original home of the Chicago Bears, from 1919 to 1920.

From 1900 to 1974, Decatur Illinois was the home of the Commodores, a minor-league baseball team playing at Fans Field.

Decatur Illinois has production facilities for Caterpillar, Archer Daniels Midland, Mueller Co.

Decatur Illinois has been ranked third in the nation as an Emerging Logistics and Distribution Center by Business Facilities: The Location Advisor, and was named a Top 25 Trade City by Global Trade.

K–12 public education in the Decatur Illinois area is provided by the Decatur Illinois Public School District No 61.

Decatur Illinois was once dubbed "Park City USA" because it had more parks per person than any other city in the country, as well as "Playtown USA" because of Decatur Illinois's position as an early national leader in providing recreational space for its citizens.

Decatur Illinois Airport is served by daily commercial flights on CRJ2 aircraft to and from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport by United Airlines.