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Lake Springfield is a 3,965-acre (16.05 km 2) [1] reservoir in the southeast of the capital city of Springfield, Illinois.It is 560 ft (170 m) above sea level. The lake was formed by building Spaulding Dam across Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Sangamon River.
Old U.S. Route 66 between Cabin Smoke Trail and north bank of the Sangamon River: Springfield: 52: Route 66 South of Lake Springfield: Route 66 South of Lake Springfield: May 12, 2009 : Old U.S. Route 66/Olde Carriage Way
U.S. Route 66 was a highway established on November 11, 1926, connecting Chicago, Illinois to the Southwest.Several buildings from the Route 66 era still stand and are part of the Historic and Architectural Resources of Route 66 Through Illinois Multiple Property Submission on the National Register of Historic Places.
Five roads in Illinois were designated to receive federal money under the legislation; they were: the National Old Trails Road (National Road, present-day US 40), Lincoln Highway, Dixie Highway, the road from Chicago to Waukegan, and the road from Chicago to East St. Louis, including portions of IL 4, which was the actual predecessor to US 66 ...
Lake Springfield: 1933-1934 Vachel Lindsay Home: 603 S 5th St 1848 Greek Revival November 11, 1971 Virgil Hickox House: 518 E Capitol Ave c. 1839 March 5, 1982 William Beedle House 411 S 8th St 1840 Witmer-Schuck Building 630 E Washington St 1867 Zimmerman Paint Store Building 417 E Adams St c. 1860-1870
Laketown takes its name from nearby Lake Springfield but does not directly adjoin the lake. The community's boundaries are defined by Stevenson Drive on the north, West Lake Shore Drive on the east, the Canadian National (formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad) tracks on the west, and either Circle Drive [1] or Interstate 55 on the south. [3]
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois.Its population was 114,394 at the 2020 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.
Lick Creek is a 30.6-mile-long (49.2 km) [1] tributary of Lake Springfield and thus a tributary of the Sangamon River in central Illinois. [2] It drains a large portion of southwestern Sangamon County and a marginal adjacent fragment of southeastern Morgan County. The drainage of Lick Creek includes all of Loami, Illinois and part of Chatham ...