Use mdy dates date January 2011 two other uses the U.S. state of Illinois the river Illinois River other uses Infobox U.S. state Fullname State of Illinois ElectoralVotes 21 Flag Flag of Illinois.svg Flaglink Flag of Illinois Flag Seal Seal of Illinois.svg Name Illinois Nickname Land of Lincoln The Prairie State Motto State sovereignty, national union Former Illinois Territory Demonym Illinoisan OfficialLang ... 26nbsp 3B460 2F&ChapterID 2&ChapterName GENERAL PROVISIONS&ActName State Designations Act 2E work Illinois Compiled Statutes publisher Illinois General Assembly location Springfield, Illinois date September ... of Illinois is English. ref Languages English 80.8 br Spanish 10.9 br Polish 1.6 br Other 6.7 ref name qtp16 cite web title Illinois Table QT P16 Language Spoken at Home 2000 url http factfinder.census.gov ... Springfield, Illinois Springfield LargestCity Chicago LargestMetro Chicago metropolitan area Governor Pat Quinn politician Pat Quinn D Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon D Legislature Illinois General Assembly General Assembly Upperhouse Illinois Senate Senate Lowerhouse Illinois House of Representatives ... 85 ISOCode US IL Website www.illinois.gov Infobox U.S. state symbols Name Illinois Flag Flag ... Loam Drummer silty clay loam Song Illinois state song Illinois Sport Tartan Toy Route Marker Illinois 19.svg 300px Quarter 2003 IL Proof.png 100px Illinois quarter QuarterReleaseDate 2003 Illinois IPAc ... ranks Illinois most average state url http www.southernillinoisan.com articles 2007 05 17 top 20300809.txt agency Associated Press publisher The Southern Illinoisan location Carbondale, Illinois ..., small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resource s like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is an important transportation hub the Port of Chicago connects the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River , and for decades, O Hare International Airport has ranked ... more details
Refimprove date January 2010 Infobox skyscraper building name The Illinois image Image The Illinois.jpg 65px location Chicago , Illinois , United States USA use hotel, office, residential status Never Built floor count 528 elevator count 76 roof 5,280 ft 1,609.3 m antenna spire 5,680 ft 1,731.3 m floor area 18.46 million ft sup 2 sup nowrap 1.71 million m sup 2 sup The Mile High Illinois , Illinois Sky City , or simply The Illinois was a proposed mile high 1,609 meters 5,280 feet skyscraper , envisioned by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956. The design, intended to be built in Chicago , would have included 528 stories, with a gross area of 18.46 million square feet 1.71 million square meters 171 hectare s . Had it been built, it would have been the list of tallest buildings and structures in the world tallest building in the world by far, being more than four times the height of the then tallest ... is said to have been inspired by that of The Illinois. ref http www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com 2006 theillinois the illinois.html Burj Dubai & The Illinois Comparison ref ref http www.slate.com id 2241275 ... a quarter the height suggested for the Illinois. It probably would have been possible to erect a self ... www.vitruvio.ch arc contemporary 1946 2001 02 milehighillinois.php Italian page on the Illinois http ... may include Illinois like supertall http archrecord.construction.com innovation 2 Features 0411history.asp Details several tall building designs, including The Illinois http skyscraperpage.com cities ?buildingID 5138 Drawing of The Illinois at Skyscraperpage.com http members.bellatlantic.net rfh2 writings index.html A Drawing of The Illinois by Frank Lloyd Wright supertall proposed skyscrapers Coord missing Illinois date July 2009 DEFAULTSORT Illinois Category Frank Lloyd Wright buildings Category ..., Illinois de The Illinois es The Illinois it Grattacielo Illinois nl The Illinois pl The Illinois pt The Illinois ro The Illinois zh ... more details
Science was a unincorporated area community in LaSalle County, Illinois LaSalle County , Illinois , United States , located along the Illinois River just south of modern day Utica, Illinois Utica . LaSalle County, IllinoisIllinois geo stub Category Geography of LaSalle County, Illinois Category Unincorporated communities in Illinois ... more details
Calumet, Illinois may refer to the following place Calumet City, Illinois Calumet Park, Illinois Calumet Township, Cook County, Illinois Calumet River geodis ... more details
Wilmington is the name of two places in the U.S. state of Illinois Wilmington, Greene County, Illinois Wilmington, Will County, Illinois geodis ... more details
double image right Flag of Illinois.svg 196 Seal of Illinois.svg 116 The Flag of Illinois The Seal of Illinois Image Map of USA IL.svg thumb The location of the Illinois State of Illinois in the United States United States of America Image Map of Illinois NA.png thumb An enlargeable map of the Illinois State of Illinois see also Index of Illinois related articles The Illinois State of Illinois is the List ... states of the United States United States of America . Illinois lies between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River and the Ohio River in the Midwestern United States . Chicago , Illinois is the List ... States created the Illinois Territory on March 1, 1809. Illinois joined the United States Union as the 21st ... guide to the United States U.S. Illinois State of Illinois TOC limit limit 2 General reference Pronunciation ... Official name Illinois State of Illinois List of demonyms for U.S. states Adjectival Illinois List of demonyms for U.S. states Demonym Illinois an List of U.S. state abbreviations Postal symbol IL ISO 3166 2 US Codes ISO 3166 2 code US IL Internet second level domain .il.us Geography of Illinois Main article Geography of IllinoisIllinois is a U.S. state , a State administrative division federal state of the United States of America Location Midwestern United States Demographics of Illinois Population Population of Illinois Geography of Illinois Area Area of Illinois commons Atlas of Illinois Atlas of Illinois Places in Illinois main Places in Illinois Historic places in Illinois List of abandoned communities in Illinois Abandoned communities in Illinois List of ghost towns in Illinois Ghost towns in Illinois List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois National Historic Landmarks in Illinois National Register of Historic Places listings in Illinois List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois List of National Natural Landmarks in Illinois National Natural Landmarks in Illinois List of national ... more details
Illinois City ZIP code 61259 is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Illinois , across the Mississippi River from Muscatine, Iowa . It has a population of 125 people. fact date January 2008 It is in lower Rock Island County, Illinois Rock Island County , on Illinois Route 92 . It is illegal to sell alcohol in Illinois City Fact date January 2008 . External links http geonames.usgs.gov pls gnispublic f?p gnispq 3 NO P3 FID 410764 Illinois City at the U.S. Geographic Names Information System coord 41.3975305 90.8995898 region US format dms display title Rock Island County, Illinois Category Populated places in Rock Island County, Illinois Category Unincorporated communities in Illinois ... more details
Willowbook is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Illinois Willowbrook, DuPage County, Illinois Willowbrook, Will County, Illinois geodis nl Willowbrook Illinois vo Willowbrook Illinois ... more details
Windsor is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Illinois Windsor, Mercer County, Illinois Windsor, Shelby County, Illinois geodis ca Windsor Illinois vo Windsor Illinois ... more details
Ayers, Illinois may refer to Ayers, Bond County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Bond County, Illinois Ayers, Carroll County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Illinois geodis ... more details
Jimtown, Illinois may refer to Jimtown, Champaign County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois Jimtown, Fayette County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Illinois geodis ... more details
Lodi, Illinois may refer to the following communities in Illinois, all of which were once known as Lodi Clark Center, Illinois , in Clark County Maple Park, Illinois , in Kane County Oswego, Illinois , in Kendall County geodis ... more details
Wiktionary IllinoisIllinois is a state in the United States but may also refer to Places Illinois Country , a region of colonial America Illinois Territory , an organized territory of the USA from 1809 to 1818 a river Illinois River , a tributary of the Mississippi River in the state of IllinoisIllinois River Oklahoma in Arkansas and Oklahoma Illinois River Oregon Illinois River Colorado Illiniwek or Illinois Confederation, a tribe of North America Miami Illinois language , spoken by the Illiniwek Education Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign , the largest campus in the University of Illinois system Illinois Fighting Illini , this school s intercollegiate athletic program Illinois College , a private liberal arts college located in Jacksonville, Illinois Ships SS Illinois 1873 a passenger steamship launched in 1873 by William Cramp & Sons for the American Line SS Illinois 1917 a cargo ship in service with the Harlem Steamship Co and Compagnie G n rale Transatlantique from 1924 32, sold to Greece in 1934 USS Illinois USS Illinois , the name of several United States Navy ships Other Illinois tribe , the Illinois Confederation, a group of Native American tribes Illinois state song Illinois state song , the official song of the State of IllinoisIllinois album Illinois , a 2005 music album by Sufjan Stevens DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF THE ALBUM the album is Illinois , one track is Come on Feel the Illinoise see the Talk Sufjan Stevens page Jean Baptiste Illinois Jacquet , a jazz saxophone player Illinois band , an American indie rock band The Illinois , a proposed mile high skyscraper building designed in 1956 Illinois Watch Company , a former manufacturer of watches See also lookfrom Illinois disambig de Illinois Begriffskl rung es Illinois desambiguaci n fr Illinois homonymie hy hr Illinois razdvojba ka nl Illinois ja pl Illinois ujednoznacznienie ro Illinois ... more details
Sutton, Illinois may refer to Bentley, Illinois , formerly known as Sutton Sutton, Cook County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Cook County geodis ... more details
Logan, Illinois may refer to An alternate name for the village of Hanaford, Illinois Logan, Edgar County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Edgar County geodis ... more details
There are at least two locations in Illinois called Glenview Glenview, Cook County, Illinois , a northern suburb of Chicago Glenview, St. Clair County, Illinois , an eastern suburb of St. Louis geodis vo Glenview Illinois ... more details
Bloomfield, Illinois may refer to Bloomfield, Adams County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois Bloomfield, Edgar County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Edgar County, Illinois Bloomfield, Johnson County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Illinois Bloomfield, Scott County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Scott County, Illinois geodis ... more details
Election law Expand section date January 2010 In the case of a resignation of a member of the United States House of Representatives , the Governor of Illinois must issue writs of election, and the election must be held within 115 days there after. ref http www.ilga.gov legislation ilcs ilcs4.asp?DocName 001000050HArt. 25&ActID 170&ChapAct 10 26nbsp 3BILCS 26nbsp 3B5 2F&ChapterID 3&ChapterName ELECTIONS&SectionID 36731&SeqStart 86900000&SeqEnd 88100000&ActName Election Code 10 ILCS 5 25 7 ref See also 2010 elections Illinois elections, 2010 Statewide elections Illinois gubernatorial elections Illinois state elections Illinois Attorney General elections Illinois Comptroller elections Local elections Chicago mayoral elections Elected officials Illinois Legislature Illinois Assembly Illinois Senate List of Governors of Illinois Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Illinois Comptroller Illinois Attorney General Majority Leader of the Illinois Senate Topical articles Politics of Illinois Political party strength in Illinois Electoral reform in Illinois Government of Illinois References reflist ElectionsIL ElectionsByUSState Illinois Category Illinois elections Category Government of Illinois Illinois stub US election stub fr lections en Illinois ... more details
Woodlawn, Illinois may refer to Woodlawn, Chicago , a neighborhood in the south side of the City of Chicago Woodlawn, Jefferson County, Illinois geodis ... more details
Bremen, Illinois may refer to Bremen, Jo Daviess County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Jo Daviess County Bremen, Randolph County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Randolph County Bremen Township, Cook County, Illinois , a township in Cook County Bremen Precinct, Randolph County, Illinois , a precinct in Randolph County geodis ... more details
Image Illinois PGA Logo.png right 350px Illinois PGA Logo Established in 1916, the Illinois PGA, headquartered in Glenview, Cook County, Illinois Glenview, Illinois , is a professional service organization serving the men and women golf professionals in northern and central Illinois who are the recognized experts in growing, teaching and managing the game of golf. The Illinois PGA is responsible for the administration of competitive golf tournaments, educational opportunities, support programs and growth of the game initiatives. The Illinois PGA is the 12th largest of the 41 regional entities or Sections that comprise the Professional Golfers Association of America . The largest annual event the Illinois PGA conducts is the Illinois Open Championship . For over 50 years, the Illinois Open has brought the finest amateur golfers together to compete against the finest professionals in the state championship of golf . The Illinois PGA conducts over 50 tournaments for its member professionals each year including four major championships The Illinois PGA Match Play Championship The Illinois Open Championship The state championship of golf The Illinois PGA Championship PPNC PGA Professional National Championship Qualifying The Illinois PGA Players Championship External links http www.ipga.com Official Illinois PGA website Category Golf associations Category Golf in Illinois Category 1916 establishments ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Polk is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois Will County , Illinois , United States . It lies just north of the Kankakee County, Illinois Kankakee County line and south of Beecher, Illinois Beecher . Will County, Illinois Coord 41 18 42 N 87 36 30 W type city region US IL display title Category Unincorporated communities in Illinois Category Populated places in Will County, Illinois WillIL geo stub ... more details
Prairietown is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Illinois Madison County , Illinois , close to the Missouri border and St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis . ref gnis 416182 ref See also Edwardsville, Illinois References reflist Madison County, IllinoisIllinois geo stub coord 38 57 59 N 89 55 19 W type city region US IL source GNIS enwiki display title Category Populated places in Madison County, Illinois Category Unincorporated communities in Illinois ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Wilton is located northeast of Wilton Center, Illinois northwest of Andres, Illinois Andres and south of Frankfort, Illinois Frankfort . Wilton is the smallest unincorporated area in Will County, Illinois . It is smaller than Andres, Illinois Andres with a population of only about 20 people. Will County, IllinoisIllinois Coord 41 22 46 N 87 56 03 W type city region US IL display title Category Populated places in Will County, Illinois Category Unincorporated communities in Illinois WillIL geo stub ... more details
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