35 Facts About Springfield Illinois

Springfield Illinois's economy is dominated by government jobs, plus the related lobbyists and firms that deal with the state and county governments and justice system, and health care and medicine.

The land that Springfield Illinois occupies was visited first by trappers and fur traders who came to the Sangamon River in 1818.

Springfield Illinois built his cabin upon a hill, overlooking a creek known eventually as the Town Branch.

Springfield Illinois was designated in 1839 as the third capital, and has continued to be so.

Abraham Lincoln arrived in the Springfield Illinois area in 1831 when he was a young man, but he did not live in the city until 1837.

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Springfield Illinois spent the ensuing six years in New Salem, where he began his legal studies, joined the state militia, and was elected to the Illinois General Assembly.

Springfield Illinois's farewell speech when he left for Washington is a classic in American oratory.

Springfield Illinois applied these ideas to the study of Springfield, a strong Whig enclave in a Democratic region.

Springfield Illinois Whigs tend to validate several expectations of party characteristics as they were largely native-born, either in New England or Kentucky, professional or agricultural in occupation, and devoted to partisan organization.

Springfield Illinois was active in railroad promotion and as an agent for farm machinery.

Springfield Illinois became a major center of activity during the American Civil War.

The lake is used primarily as a source for drinking water for the city of Springfield Illinois, providing cooling water for the condensers at the power plant on the lake.

Springfield Illinois is located on the farthest reaches of Tornado Alley, and as such, thunderstorms are a common occurrence throughout the spring and summer.

Springfield Illinois received a federal grant in February 2005 to help improve its tornado warning systems and new sirens were put in place in November 2006 after eight of the sirens failed during an April 2006 test, shortly after the tornadoes hit.

At South Grand Avenue and Eleventh Street, the old "South Town District" lies, with the City of Springfield Illinois undertaking a significant redevelopment project there.

Springfield Illinois has at least twenty separately designated neighborhoods, though not all are incorporated with associations.

Springfield Illinois encompasses four different suburban villages that have their own municipal governments.

Springfield Illinois has been home to a wide array of individuals, who, in one way or another, contributed to the broader American culture.

Hoogland Center for the Arts in downtown Springfield is a centerpiece for performing arts, and houses among other organizations the Springfield Theatre Centre, the Springfield Ballet Company, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra and the Springfield Municipal Opera, known as The Muni, which stages community theatre productions of Broadway musicals outdoors each summer.

Sangamon Auditorium, located on the campus of the University of Illinois Springfield serves as a larger venue for musical and performing acts, both touring and local.

Springfield Illinois is home to long-running underground all-ages space The Black Sheep Cafe.

Springfield Illinois is known for some popular food items: the corn dog is claimed to have been invented in the city under the name "Cozy Dog", although there is some debate to the origin of the snack.

Springfield Illinois was once the site of the Reisch Beer brewery, which operated for 117 years under the same name and family from 1849 to 1966.

Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop in Springfield still operates what it claims as the first U S drive-thru window.

Much like the United States federal government, Springfield Illinois government has an executive branch, occupied by the state governor, a legislative branch, which consists of the state senate and house, and a judicial branch, which is topped by the Springfield Illinois Supreme Court.

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Springfield Illinois added that at one point in 2011, Governor Pat Quinn only spent 68 days and 40 nights in Springfield as per his official schedule.

Springfield Illinois was found guilty of official misconduct in August 2019.

Springfield Illinois is currently home to six public and private high schools.

Springfield Illinois's Sacred Heart-Griffin High School is a city Catholic high school.

Springfield Illinois is home to a junior college Lincoln Land Community College, located just south of UIS.

Springfield Illinois is served by two stations in Decatur, WAND NBC 17 and WBUI CW 23, and two stations in Champaign, WCIA CBS 3 and WILL PBS 12.

Springfield Illinois provides these cities and towns with water from the lake.

Springfield Illinois is served by Greyhound buses at a station on North Dirksen Parkway.

Additional east–west one-way streets run through the downtown areas of Springfield Illinois, including Monroe, Adams, Washington, and Cook Streets, as well as a stretch of Lawrence Avenue.

Springfield, Illinois has two sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:.