Decatur, Illinois

Decatur is a city in the American state of Illinois. In the 2020 census, there were about 70,000 people living in it. Many people drive in and out of Decatur on Interstate 72. There is a shopping mall in nearby Forsyth, a suburb of Decatur.

Decatur is the county seat of Macon County. Macon County was the home of the young Abraham Lincoln, later U.S. president, for a short time. The place where the Lincoln family built a log cabin and spent the winter of 1829-1830 is now a state park, the "Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park."

Decatur, Illinois Media

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  Statue of Abraham Lincoln in downtown Decatur on the site of his first political speech.

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  President William Howard Taft speaking in Decatur, 1911

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  Mueller Co. c. 1904

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  Lake in Nelson Park, Decatur, Illinois.

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  1920 Decatur Staleys

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  Macon County Courthouse

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  The Decatur Transfer House in the background in downtown's Central Park

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  Schilling Hall at Millikin University

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  Decatur station was served by the Wabash Railroad