Place details
Place nameIllinois
Other namesIL
CountryUnited States
Latitude40
Longitude-89
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Inhabited by 8000 BC; Mississippian people flourished ca. AD 1300; had largest pre-Columbian community N of Mexico; various Algonquian tribes were here when French & English settled 17-18th cen.; went to USA in 1778 in Revolution; pro-Union in Civil War.