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With the depletion of new numbers in area codes 312 and 773, an overlay of both of them, area code 872, was created in November 2009, beginning ten-digit dialing within the city limits of Chicago. The remaining area without an overlay in the northern part of Illinois, 708, eventually received such with area code 464 taking effect on January 21 ...
History Early history H. Mueller, Gun Shop building, circa 1859. Mueller Co. was founded in 1857 by Hieronymus Mueller in Decatur, Illinois as "H. Mueller, Gun Shop". Mueller closed the business briefly in 1858 to prospect for gold in Colorado, but returned to his business not long after, expanding it to include sewing machine and clock repairs and the sale of hunting and fishing equipment in ...
Decatur ( / dɪˈkeɪtər / dih-KAY-tər) is the largest city in and the county seat of Macon County, Illinois, United States. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 70,522. [5] It is the seventeenth-most populous city in Illinois. [6]
The Decatur Historic District is a residential historic district in the Millikin Heights neighborhood of Decatur, Illinois. The district encompasses the city's historic Near West and Southwest neighborhoods and was formed beginning in the 1850s and continuing through the 1920s. Nearly all of the popular architectural styles from this period are ...
17-14026. FIPS code. 17-14026. Website. cityofchicagoheights .org. Chicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 27,480 at the 2020 census. [2] It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Its nicknames include "The Crossroads of the Nation" and "The Heights".
Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) ( standard gauge) Length. 182 mi (293 km) The Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad ( reporting mark DREI) is a Class III [1] American regional railroad that is a subsidiary of Watco operating in eastern Illinois and western Indiana. [2]
The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is the code department of the Illinois state government that operates the adult state prison system. The IDOC is led by a director appointed by the Governor of Illinois , [3] and its headquarters are in Springfield .
Arlington Heights is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. A northwestern suburb of Chicago , it lies about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of the city's downtown. [2] As of the 2020 census , the village's population was 77,676, making it the 15th-most populous municipality in Illinois.