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Springfield School District No. 186, known as Springfield Public Schools (SPS), is a unit school district in Sangamon County, Illinois.Its territory includes most of the city of Springfield, Illinois, its four inner suburbs of Grandview, Leland Grove, Jerome, and Southern View, and some rural areas immediately north of Springfield. [2]
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois.Its population was 114,394 at the 2020 United States census, which makes it the state's seventh-most populous city, [10] the second-most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the most populous in Central Illinois.
2008: Southern Illinois Edwardsville (SIUE) left the GLVC at the end of the 2007–08 academic year, and joined NCAA Division I as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in fall 2008. 2009: The University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) and Maryville University began GLVC competition in fall 2009.
Pages in category "Schools in Springfield, Illinois" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. L.
Corn fields in Central Illinois. Central Illinois has a diverse economy consisting of a variety of industries. Agriculture is the most significant industry in the region and ranges in scope from family farms to mass-production farms. Most counties in Central Illinois have an agriculture-based economy. The most common crops are soybeans and corn.
Lincoln Tomb. Sangamon County was formed in 1821 out of Madison and Bond counties. The county was named for the Sangamon River, which runs through it.The origin of the name of the river is unknown; among several explanations is the theory that it comes from the Pottawatomie word Sain-guee-mon (pronounced "sang gä mun"), meaning "where there is plenty to eat."
Laketown is an unincorporated community in Woodside Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, entirely surrounded by the city of Springfield. [2] It is made up of three subdivisions: Southlawn, Lake Springfield Estates, and Circle Drive. [1] There are approximately 970 homes in Laketown, as well as various small businesses.
In 1865, a $65,000 school building was completed for the high school and was located on 4th and Madison Street. [9] Due to congestion, Central High School was built in 1897, but was already overcrowded by 1915. In 1917, Springfield High School opened at 101 S. Lewis St, previously the site of a church and Hutchinson Cemetery.