18th Congressional District
Posted On 12th March 2006 @ 17:54
The 18th Congressional District of Illinois contains all or parts of 20 counties in Central and Western Illinois.
The district is a mixture of urban (Peoria, Springfield) and rural areas. The district contains some of the most productive farmland in the world as well as maintaining a strong manufacturing base. Several historic and scenic rivers flow through the farm fields, small towns, and large cities of the district.
The counties in the 18th District are: [1] Adams, Brown, [2] Bureau, Cass, [3] Knox, [4] Logan, [5] Macon, Marshall, [6] Mason, Menard, Morgan, [7] Peoria, Pike, Putnam, [8] Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Stark, [9] Tazewell, Woodford.
The 18th District also contains all 11 of the counties that Abraham Lincoln represented during his one term (1847-1849) in Congress.
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URLs in this post:
[1] Adams: http://www.co.adams.il.us/
[2] Bureau: http://bureaucountyclerk.com/
[3] Knox: http://www.knoxclerk.org/
[4] Logan: http://www.co.logan.il.us/
[5] Macon: http://www.maconcoclerk.org/
[6] Mason: http://www.masoncountyil.org/
[7] Peoria: http://www.peoriacounty.org/
[8] Sangamon: http://www.co.sangamon.il.us/
[9] Tazewell: http://www.tazewell.com/
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