Macon County, Illinois
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Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 103,998. Its county seat and most populous city is Decatur.
Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency in Decatur
Plaque honoring 2,486 Macon County soldiers that fought in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65
Decatur, Illinois
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Decatur 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. It is the seventeenth-most populous city in Illinois. Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production. The city is home to Millikin University and Richland Community College.
Downtown Decatur
Statue of Abraham Lincoln in downtown Decatur on the site of his first political speech.
President William Howard Taft speaking in Decatur, 1911
Mueller Co. c. 1904