Springfield is the capital of the state of Illinois in the US and the county of Sangamon County. The 116,250 townspeople at the US Census 2010 make it the sixth most populous city in the state. It is the largest city in central Illinois. By 2013, the city's population is estimated to have risen to 117,006, with just over 211,700 residents living in the Metropolitan Area of ​​Springfield, which includes Sangamon County and nearby Menard County.
Springfield is now settled by European Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a country. The most famous historic inhabitant is Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 to 1861, when he went to the White House as President. Major sights include several sites linked to Lincoln including the presidential library and the museum, his home, and his grave at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Its capital is located in the center of the country. The city is located in the valley and plains near the Sangamon River. Lake Springfield, a large artificial lake owned by City Water, Light & amp; The Electric Company (CWLP), supplies the city with recreation and drinking water. Weather is quite common for mid-latitude locations, with hot summers and winters. Spring and summer weather like most western cities; severe storms can occur. Tornadoes hit the Springfield area in 1957 and 2006.
The city has the form of a mayor's council and governs the Capital City. The Illinois state government is based in Springfield. State government agencies include Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Supreme Court and Illinois Governor's Office. There are three public high schools and three private high schools in Springfield. Public schools in Springfield are operated by District no. 186. Springfield's economy is dominated by government employment, plus lobbyists and related companies dealing with state and local governments and the judicial system, and health care and medicine.
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History
Settlers from Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina came to the developing city. In 1832, Senator Calhoun had fallen out of favor with the public and the city was renamed Springfield after Springfield, Massachusetts. At that time, the city of New England was comparable to the modern-day Silicon Valley - known for industrial innovation, concentrated prosperity, and the infamous Springfield Armory. Most importantly, it is a city that has built itself from the outpost to the national power through ingenuity - an example just called Springfield, Illinois, seeks to imitate.
Kaskaskia was the first capital of the Territory of Illinois from his organization in 1809, continuing through statehood in 1818, and through the first year as a state in 1819. Vandalia was the capital of Illinois's second state from 1819 to 1839. Springfield became the third and the capital Illinois today in 1839. This appointment was largely due to the efforts of Abraham Lincoln and his associates; dubbed "Long Nine" for their combined height of 54 feet (16 m).
The traces of Potawatomi Death occurred here in 1838, when Native Americans were forced west to the Indian Territory by the Government's removal policy by the government.
Lincoln
Lincoln and politics
Winkle (1998) examined the historiography of the development of the Second Party (Whig versus Democrat) system and applied these ideas to the study of Springfield, a strong enclave in the Democratic region. He mainly studied polling books for the years of the presidency. The emergence of the Whig Party took place in 1836 in opposition to the nomination of president Martin Van Buren and consolidated in 1840. Springfield Whig tends to validate some expectations of party characteristics as they are mostly born native, either in New England or Kentucky. , professional or agricultural in the work, and devoted to partisan organizations. Abraham Lincoln's career reflected the Whig's political revival, but in the 1840s, Springfield began to be dominated by Democratic politicians. The wave of new European immigrants changed the demographics of the city and became in tune with the Democrats. In the presidential election of 1860, Lincoln could barely win his home town.
Population
Winkle (1992) examined the impact of migration on political participation in Springfield during the 1850s. The widespread migration in the United States of the nineteenth century resulted in the frequent population turnover in Midwestern communities, affecting patterns of voter participation and office holding. Examination of census texts, polling books, and office holding records revealed the impact of migration on voting behavior and patterns of 8,000 participants in 10 elections in Springfield. Most of the voters were short-term residents who participated in only one or two elections during the 1850s. Less than 1% of all voters participate in all 10 elections. Instead of generating political instability, however, rapid turnover increases the influence of a more stable population. Selective migration by age, occupation, wealth, and place of birth. Older or continuous voters, as he calls them, tend to be richer, more skilled, more often born in native places, and socially more stable than those who are not patient. Office officials are very persistent and socially and economically disadvantaged. Persisters represent a small "nucleus community" of economically successful, politically active, politically active and politically active voters and holders who control local political affairs, while the majority of the population moves out of the city. The very close and exclusive members of the "core community", exemplified by Abraham Lincoln, dull the impact of migrations potentially harassing local communities.
Business
The John Williams case illustrates the important role of merchant bankers in Illinois's central economic development before the Civil War. Williams began his career as a clerk at border stores and was rescued to start his own business. Then, in addition to operating retail and wholesale stores, he acted as a local banker and then organized a national bank in Springfield. He is active in the promotion of trains and as an agent for agricultural machinery.
Religion
During the mid-19th century, the spiritual needs of the German Lutherans in the Midwest were not maintained. As a result of missionary efforts such as Friedrich Wyneken, Wilhelm Loehe and Wilhelm Sihler, additional Lutheran ministers were sent to the Midwest, Lutheran schools opened, and Concordia Theological Seminary was founded in Ft. Wayne, Indiana in 1846. The seminary moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1869, and then to Springfield in 1874. During the last half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, the Lutheran-Missouri Church Synod succeeded in serving the spiritual needs of the Midwestern congregation by establishing additional seminaries from ministers who were trained at Concordia, and by developing a worthy synodistic tradition.
Civil War to 1900
Springfield became a major center of activity during the American Civil War. Illinois regiments were trained there, the first under Ulysses S. Grant. He led his troops to a series of remarkable wins in 1861-62. The city is the political and financial center of Union support. New industries, businesses and trains were built to help support the war effort. The first official death of the war was the inhabitants of Springfield, Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth.
Butler Camp, located seven miles (11 km) northeast of Springfield, Illinois, opened in August 1861 as a training camp for Illinois soldiers. It also served as a camp for Confederate prisoners of war until 1865. Initially, Springfield residents visited the camp to partake in the excitement of a military venture, but many reacted sympathetically to the severely wounded and sick prisoners. While the city's affluent business of camp traffic, drunkenness and busyness on the part of the army placed there tense relations as both civilian and military authorities proved able to control the chaotic outbreak.
After the war ended in 1865, Springfield became a major center in the Illinois rail system. It was a center of government and agriculture, and in 1900 was invested in coal mining and processing.
20th century
Utopia
The local poet, Vachel Lindsay, suggests utopia expressed in his only novel, Springfield Book of Gold (1920), which refers to the ideas of anarchist socialism in projecting the advancement of Lindsay's birthplace to utopia.
The Dana-Thomas House is a design of Frank Lloyd Wright built in 1902-03. Wright started working at home in 1902. Assigned by Susan Lawrence Dana, a local patron of art and public benefactor, Wright designed the house to harmonize with the owner's devotion to musical performances. Coordinating glass art designs for 250 windows, doors, and panels and more than 200 lamps, Wright invites Oak Park craftsmen. The house is a radical departure from the Victorian architectural tradition. Spanning 12,000 square feet (1,100 m 2 ), the house has a vaulted ceiling and 16 main rooms. When the nation changes, so Wright intends this structure to reflect change. Creating an organic and natural atmosphere, Wright sees himself as "the architect of democracy" and intends his work to be a monument to the American social landscape.
It is the only historical site that the country then buys exclusively for its architectural benefits. This structure was opened to the public as a museum house in September 1990; tours are available, 09:00 - 04:00. Wednesday to Sunday.
1908 race riot
Fueled by the alleged rape of a white woman by a black man and the murder of a white engineer, also reportedly by a black man, in Springfield, and reportedly angered by the high level of corruption in the city, riots erupted on August 14. , 1908 and continued for three days in a period of violence known as Springfield Race Violence. White youth groups and blue-collar workers attacked black-dominated areas in a town known as the Levee district, where most of the black business resides, and the Badlands, where many black houses stand. Two blacks were hung and four white men were killed by gunfire as black property owners sought to defend their homes and businesses. The rioting ended when the governor sent over 3,700 militia members to patrol the city, but incidents of separate white violence against blacks continued in Springfield in September.
21st century
On March 12, 2006, two F2 tornadoes hit the city, wounding 24 people, damaging hundreds of buildings, and causing a loss of $ 150 million.
On February 10, 2007, then, Senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for president in Springfield, standing on the land of the Old State Capitol. Senator Obama also used the Old State Capitol in Springfield as a backdrop when he announced Joe Biden as his spouse on August 23, 2008.
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Geography
Springfield is located on 39Ã, Â ° 41? 54? N 89Ã, Â ° 37? 11? W (39.6983146, -89.6195900). The city is at an altitude of 558 feet (170 m) above sea level. Located in the central part of Illinois, Springfield is located 80 miles (130 km) northeast of St. Louis. Louis. Champaign/Urbana is in the east, Peoria in the north, and Bloomington-Normal to the northeast. Decatur is 40 miles (64 km) due east.
Topography
According to the 2010 census, Springfield has a total area of ​​65,764 square miles (170.33 km 2 ), which is 59.48 square miles (154.05 km 2 ) (or 90, 44%) is ground and 6,284 square miles (16.28 km 2 ) (or 9.56%) is water. The city is located in the Lower Illinois River Basin, in a vast area known as Till Plain. Sangamon County, and the city of Springfield, are in the Plain Springfield section of Till Plain. The terrain is underlined by glacial until it is deposited by a large continental ice sheet that repeatedly covers the area during the Illinoian Stage.
The vast majority of the Lower River Valley of Illinois is flat, with aid extending not more than 20 feet (6.1 m) in most areas, including the sub-sections of the Springfield plains. Topographic differences are based on the age of drift. The sub-sections of Springfield and Galesburg Plain are the oldest irregularities, Illinoian, while Wisconsin irregularities produce the moraines end in Plain Bloomberg Ridged Plain sub-section of Till Plain.
Lake Springfield is an artificial reservoir of 4,200 hectares (1,700 hectares) owned by City Water, Light & amp; Power, the largest city-owned utility in Illinois. It was built and filled in 1935 by stemming Lick Creek, a tributary of the Sangamon River that flows past the northern outskirts of Springfield. The lake is used primarily as a source of drinking water for the city of Springfield, also provides cooling water for condensers at power plants in lakes. It attracts about 600,000 visitors annually and the 57-mile (92 km) coastline is home to over 700 lakefront homes and eight public parks.
The term "full pond" describes the lake at an altitude of 560 feet (170.7 m) above sea level and indicates the level at which the lake starts flowing over the dam spillway, if no gates are opened. The normal lake level is generally somewhere under a full pond, depending on the season. During the dry season from 1953 to 1955, the lake level fell to its historic low of 547.44 feet (166.86 m) AMSL. The highest lake level was recorded in December 1982, when the lake reached a height of 564 feet (172 m).
Climate
Springfield has a humid continental climate (KÃÆ'¶ppen Dfa ) and undergoes typical mid-latitude weather. Damp and winter summers, a mildly snowy winter is the norm. Springfield is located in Tornado Alley and is experiencing a large number of tornadoes. From 1961 to 1990 the city of Springfield averaged 35.25 inches (895 mm) of rainfall per year. During the same period the average annual temperature was 52.4 Â ° F (11.3 Â ° C), with a maximum summer of 76.5 Â ° F (24.7 Â ° C) in July and the minimum winter 24.2 Â °. F (-4,3Ã, Â ° C) in January.
From 1971 to 2000, NOAA data showed that Springfield's annual average temperature increased slightly to 52.7 Â ° F (11.5 Â ° C). During that period, July averaged 76.3 ° F (24.6 ° C), while January averaged 25.1 ° F (-3.8 ° C).
On June 14, 1957, a tornado hit Springfield, killing two people. On March 12, 2006, the city was attacked by two F2 tornadoes. The storm system carrying two tornadoes hit the city at about 8:30 pm; no one died of the weather. Springfield received a federal grant in February 2005 to help improve the tornado warning system and a new siren was installed in November 2006 after eight sirens failed during trials in April 2006, shortly after the tornado struck. The cost of the new siren was $ 983,000. Despite the unusual tornadoes in central Illinois, the March 12 tornado was the first to hit an actual city since the 1957 storm. The 2006 tornado followed a path similar to the 1957 tornado.
Demographics
In the 2010 Census, 75.8% of the population was White, 18.5% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian and Alaskan Native, 2.2% Asian, and 2.6% of two or more races. 2.0% of the Springfield population comes from Hispanic or Latino (they may be any race). Non-Hispanic whites were 74.7% of the population in 2010, down from 87.6% in 1980.
In the 2000 census, there were 111,454 people, 48,621 households, and 27,957 families living in the city. Population density is 2.063.9 people per square mile (796.9/km ²). There are 53,733 housing units with an average density of 995.0 per square mile (384.2/km²). City's racial makeup is 81.0% White, 15.3% African American, 0.2% Native Americans, 1.5% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Island, 0.5% of other races, and 1.5 % of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 1.2% of the population.
There were 48,621 households, of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% were married couples living together, 12.9% had non-husbands female households present, and 42.5 % is not family. 36.1% of all households consist of individuals and 11.7% have someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size is 2.24 and the average family size is 2.94.
In the city, the population is scattered, with 28.0% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% 65 years or older. The average age is 37 years. For every 100 women, there are 88.6 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 86.6 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 39,388, and the average income for families is $ 51,298. Families with children have a higher income of about $ 69,437. Men have an average income of $ 36,864 compared to $ 28,867 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 23,324. About 8.4% of families and 11.7% of the population are below the poverty line, including 17.3% of those under the age of 18 and 7.7% of those aged 65 and older.
Cityscape
The exact Springfield is heavily based on a road network system, with numbered streets starting with the elongated First Road leading to the Illinois State Capitol and leading to 32nd Street in the far eastern part of town. Previously, the city had four bounded roads: North, South, East, and West Grand Avenues. Since its expansion, West Grand Avenue became MacArthur Boulevard and East Grand being 19th Street on the north side and 18th Street on the south side. 18th Street has been renamed after Martin Luther King Jr. North and South Grand Avenues (which run east-west) remain an important corridor in the city. On South Grand and Eleventh Street, the old "South Town District" is located, with Springfield City undertaking a significant rebuilding project there.
The roads range from the names of presidents downtown to the names of famous people in Springfield and Illinois for the names of higher education institutions, especially in the Harvard Park neighborhood.
Springfield has at least twenty separate environments, though not all of them are combined with associations. They include: Benedictine District, Bunn Park, Patch Cabbage, Downtown, Eastsview, Enos Park, Glen Aire, Harvard Park, Hawthorne Place, West Historic Sides, Laketown, Lincoln Park, Mather and Wells, Medical District, Near South, Northgate, Oak Ridge, Old Aristocracy Hill, Pillsbury District, Shalom, Springfield Lakeshore, Toronto, Twin Lakes, UIS Campus, Victoria Lake, Vinegar Hill, and Westchester.
The Lincoln Park Neighborhood is an area bordered by 3rd Street to the west, Black Avenue to the north, 8th street to the east and North Grand Avenue. This neighborhood is not far from the Lincoln Tomb on Monument Avenue.
Springfield also includes four distinct sub-urban villages with its own city government. They include Jerome, Leland Grove, Southern View and Grandview.
Culture
Springfield has been home to a variety of individuals, who, in one way or another, contribute to a wider American culture. Wandering poet Vachel Lindsay, best known for his poem "The Congo" and a booklet called "Rhymes to Traded for Bread", was born in Springfield in 1879. At least two famous people affiliated with American business and industry have called the state of Illinois. home capital at one time or another. Both John L. Lewis, a labor activist, and Marjorie Merriweather Post, founder of General Foods Corporation, live in the city; The post in particular is a native of Springfield. In addition, Seth astronomer Barnes Nicholson was born in Springfield in 1891.
A Madeiran Portuguese community lives around the Carpenter Street Underpass, one of the earliest and largest Portuguese settlements in the Midwest. At the beginning of the 20th century, the project area represented the western extension of an environment known as the "Badlands." The Badlands were included in the widespread destruction and violence of the Springfield Race Riot in August 1908, an event that led to the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The Carpenter Street archaeological site has local and national significance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of the lifestyles of various ethnic/racial groups in Springfield during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Literary Tradition
Springfield and the Sangamon Valley enjoy a strong literary tradition in Abraham Lincoln, Vachel Lindsay, Edgar Lee Masters, John Hay, William H. Herndon, Benjamin P. Thomas, Paul Angle, Virginia Eiffert, Robert Fitzgerald and William Maxwell, among others. The Gwendolyn Brooks Building, Illinois State Library displays the names of 35 Illinois writers sculpted on the fourth floor. Through the Illinois Center for the Book, a comprehensive resource of authors, illustrators, and other creative materials that have published books that have written about Illinois or lived in Illinois are retained.
Performing arts
The Hoogland Art Center in downtown Springfield is a center for performing arts, and homes among other organizations Springfield Theater Center, Springfield Ballet Company, Illinois Symphony Orchestra and Springfield Municipal Opera, also known as The Muni, staging the musical theater production community Broadway outdoors every summer. Before it was bought and renamed, the Hoogland Center was the Temple of Masonic Springfield. Prior to Hoogland, the Springfield Theater Center is housed in the nearby Legacy Theater. The Sangamon Auditorium, located on the campus of the University of Illinois at Springfield also serves as a larger venue for musical performances and performances, both on tour and in locales.
Some films have been made or have elements made in Springfield. Officially Blonde 2: Red, White & amp; Blonde was filmed in Springfield in 2003.
Musicians Artie Matthews and Morris Day are both once called Springfield homes.
Springfield is also home to a long-time underground cellar of The Black Sheep Cafe.
Festivals
Springfield is home to the annual Springfield Old Capitol Art Fair, a spring festival held annually on the third weekend of May. Since 2002, Springfield has also hosted the 'Route 66 Film Festival', set to celebrate films directed, based, or taking part on the famous Route 66.
Tourism
Springfield is known for some popular foods: the corn dog is claimed to have been found in the city under the name "Comfortable Dog", although there is some debate about the origin of the snack. The horseshoe sandwich, which is not well known outside of Illinois, also comes from Springfield. Springfield was once the Reisch Beer brewery, which operated for 117 years under the same name and family from 1849 to 1966.
The Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop in Springfield still operates what is claimed to be the first drive-thru window in the US. The city is also known for its chili, or "chili", as it is known in many chili shops throughout the Sangamon Region. The unique spelling is said to have started with the founder Dew Chilli Parlor in 1909, due to misspelling on his sign. Another interpretation is that spelling mistakes represent "Ill" in Illinois words. In 1993, the Illinois state legislature adopted a resolution proclaiming Springfield as "Chilli Capital of the Civilized World."
Springfield is adorned with sites linked to US President Abraham Lincoln, who started his political career there. These include the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, the National Historical Park encompassing preserved surroundings; Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historical Site, Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site, State Capitol Old State Historic Site, Lincoln Depot, where Abraham Lincoln left Springfield to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.; Iles Elijah's House, Edwards Place and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Near the village of Petersburg, is New Salem State Park, a restored hamlet of wooden lodges. This is the reconstruction of the city where Lincoln lived as a youth. With the opening of the Presidential Library and Museum in 2004, the city has attracted many prominent visitors, including President George W. Bush and Barack Obama, actors Liam Neeson and Emir of Qatar.
The Donner Party, a group of pioneers who used cannibalism during snow during winter in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, started their journey west from Springfield. Springfield's Dana-Thomas House is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most prestigious and pristine "Prairie" homes. It was built in 1902-1904 and has a lot of furniture designed for it. Springfield's Washington Park is home to the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon and the place of caramel festivals, held annually since 1962. In August, the city is the Illinois State Fair.
Although not born in Springfield, Lincoln is the city's most famous inhabitants. He lived there for 24 years. The only house he ever had was open to the public, seven days a week, free, and operated by the National Park Service.
Springfield has the largest theme park in the area, Knight's Action Park and Caribbean Water Park, which is open from May to September. The park also owns and operates the only remaining drive-in theater in town, Route 66 Twin Drive-In.
Sports
Historically, Springfield has been home to a number of small league baseball franchises, the latest club, Springfield lecture-prep slider, arriving in the city in 2008. In the 1948 baseball season, Springfield also became home to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Team, Springfield Sallies, but the lackluster team performance led them to be folded along with the Chicago Colleens as the rookie development team the following year.
The city is home to Springfield Stallions, an indoor soccer team playing at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in 2007. Today, the city hosts Springfield Jr.. Blues, North American Hockey League team playing in Nelson Recreation Center. The city also hosts several teams of Pro Soccer Soccer. The oldest organization is Outlaws Capital City, which was founded in 1992. The Outlaws who played 11 human soccer, most recently in the Midwest Football League until 2004, switched to 8-man Semi Pro Football League (8FL) in 2004. The Sangamon County Seminoles became an expansion team at 8FL in 2008. A newly formed team in 2010, Fox Springfieldes, plays in the Mid States Football League (MSFL) (11 men). The Foxes is the league runner-up in the MSFL League Championship in 2012.
The city has produced some famous professional sports talents. Current players and former Major League Baseball players Kevin Seitzer, Jeff Fassero, Ryan O'Malley, Jason and Justin Knoedler, and Hall of Famer Robin Roberts were all born in Springfield. Springfield's largest baseball field, Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park, takes its full name in honor of Roberts and his athletic achievements. Former MLB player Dick "Ducky" Schofield is currently an elected official in Springfield, and his son Dick also plays in the Premiership, just like Ducky's grandson Jayson Werth. Ducky, Dick, and Jayson were all born in Springfield. Princess Ducky (and Jayson's mother) Kim Schofield Werth, also from Springfield, is a competing track star competing in the US Olympic Court. The players of National Basketball Association, Dave Robisch, Kevin Gamble, and Andre Iguodala are all from the city. An old NFL broadcaster (NBC) and a strict Cincinnati Bengal Pro Bowl, Bob Trumpy is a native of the city, after graduating from Springfield High School. The former NFL-wide receiver, Otto Stowe, was a 1967 graduate from Feitshans High School who is now dead. A UFC fighter, Matt Mitrione, attends and plays football for Sacred Heart Griffin. He also plays in the NFL as a free agent that is not transplanted.
At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the original Springfield Ryan Held won the gold medal as a freestyle relay team 400 meters (4 X 100 meters) along with Caeleb Dressel, Michael Phelps and Nathan Adrian. During his senior year at Sacred-Heart Griffin High School in 2014, Held was named the Illinois State of Swimmers of the Year.
Media
The State Journal-Register is the main daily newspaper for Springfield, and the surrounding area. The newspaper was founded in 1831 as the Sangamon Journal , and claims to be "the oldest newspaper in Illinois." The local weekly alternative is Illinois Times .
- Television station
Springfield is part of the Springfield-Decatur-Champaign TV market. Four TV stations broadcast from the Springfield area: WCIX MYTV 49, WICS ABC 20, WRSP FOX 55, and WSEC PBS 14. Springfield is also serviced by two stations in Decatur, WAND NBC 17 and WBUI CW 23, and two stations in Champaign, WCIA CBS 3 and WILL PBS 12. One television station that no longer exists is WJJY-TV, which operated in the Springfield area for three years (1969-1971).
- Radio station
The following radio stations are broadcast in the Springfield area:
- Emoji
NOAA Weather Radio station WXJ75 transmits from Mechanicsburg and licensed to the NOAA National Weather Service's Central Illinois Weather Forecast Office in Lincoln, broadcasting at a frequency of 162,400 mHz (channel 1 on the newest weather radio, and the most SAME weather radio). The station activates the SAMAR tone alarm feature and 1050 Hz tones enable older radios (except for AMBER Alerts, using the SAME feature only) for dangerous weather and non-weather warnings and emergencies, along with selected weather watches, for Illinois Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, and Sangamon. If weather permits, the tone alarm test for both SAME and 1050 Hz features will be conducted every Wednesday between the hours of 11 am and noon.
Economy
A lot of work in the downtown area around the state government, headquartered in Springfield. In 2002, the State of Illinois was the largest city and county company, employing 17,000 people throughout the Sangamon Territory. In February 2007, government employment, including local, state, and local governments, included about 30,000 non-agricultural jobs in the city. Trade, transportation and utilities, and the health care industry each provide between 17,000 and 18,000 jobs to the city. The largest private company in 2002 was the Memorial Health System. 3,400 people work for the company. According to estimates from the "Living Wage Calculator", maintained by Pennsylvania State University, the living wage for Springfield city is $ 7.89 per hour for one adult, about $ 15,780 working 2,000 hours per year. For a family of four, the cost increases and the living wage is $ 17.78 per hour in the city. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor (BLS), the Civil Service Force fell from 116,500 in September 2006 to 113,400 in February 2007. In addition, the unemployment rate increased over the same time period from 3.8% to 5.1%.
Biggest employer
According to Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of City 2015, the largest companies in the city are:
Law and government
The municipal government of Springfield was organized under the mayor's governing council. This is a powerful mayor variation from such municipal governments, mayors hold executive authority, including veto, in Springfield. The executive branch also consists of 17 "offices" of an unselected city. From the police department to the Public Works Office, every office can be changed through city regulations.
The elected officials in the city, the mayor, the aldermen, the town clerk, and the treasurer, are serving a four-year sentence. The selection is not staggering. Council members are selected from ten districts throughout the city while mayors, city clerks and city treasurers are massively elected. The Council, as a body, consists of ten members of the council and the mayor, although the mayor is generally a non-voting member who only participates in the discussions. There are some examples where the mayor voted on an ordinance or resolution: if there was a draw, if more than half of the council members supported the motion, whether there was a bond or not, and where a vote greater than the majority was required by the city code.
State government
As the state capital, Springfield is home to three branches of the Illinois government. Just like the United States federal government, the Illinois government has an executive branch, which is occupied by the state governor, the legislative branch, consisting of the senate and the state house, and the judicial branch, topped by the Illinois Supreme Court. The Illinois legislative branch is collectively known as the Illinois General Assembly. Many Illinois State bureaucrats work in an office in Springfield, and it is a regular meeting place of the Illinois General Assembly. All people elected by way of all states in Illinois must have at least one residence in Springfield, and the state government is funding this population.
In 2014 there are no major constitutional officials in the State of Illinois who designates Springfield as their primary residence; most cabinet officers and all the major constitutional officers did their business in Chicago. A former director of Southern Illinois University, Paul Simon Institute for Public Affairs, Mike Lawrence, states that many elected officials in Illinois "spend so little time in Springfield". In 2012 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Pat Gauen argues that since big-state politicians such as the Illinois Governor, as well as the Attorney General, House Speakers, minority leaders from the House of Representatives, Senate Presidents, Senate leaders, Financial Supervisors and Treasurers all live in Chicago; because they work from the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago and that "Everyone in the Illinois government has an office in Chicago"; and since in March 2011 Governor Pat Quinn spent only 68 days, 40 nights in Springfield on his official schedule, "in Illinois's political reality, [Springfield] shares de facto capital status with Chicago." University of Illinois researchers and former Illinois legislator Jim Nowlan proclaim, "Almost Chicago is the capital of Illinois shadow" and that "Springfield is almost a outback post." Lawrence criticized the fact that state officials spent little time in Springfield for keeping them away from and devaluing Illinois city officials based in the city.
According to Gauen, "Illinois seems somewhat unlikely to move its official capital to Chicago".
City
The Capital Township was formed from Springfield Township on 1 July 1877, and was founded and named by the Sangamon County Council on March 6, 1878, and municipal boundaries and City of Springfield were co-coined extensively on 17 February 1892 to better serve the people. There are three municipal functions: assessing property, collecting first property tax payments, and assisting residents living in the settlement. One thing that makes the Township municipality unique is that the municipality has never had to raise taxes on road works, since roads are maintained by the Springfield Department of Public Works.
Education
Springfield is currently home to six public and private high schools.
Springfield public school district is District no. 186. District 186 operates 24 primary and early learning centers (pre-K). District 186 operates three secondary schools, Lanphier High School, Springfield High School and Springfield Southeast High School, replacing Feitshans High School in 1967, and five secondary schools.
Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin High School is a Catholic high school town. Other regional high schools include Calvary Academy and Lutheran High School. Ursuline Academy is a second Catholic secondary school founded in 1857, first as a girls-only school, and converted into a university in 1981. The school closed in 2007.
Springfield hosts three universities. One is the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS, formerly called Sangamon State University), located on the southeast side of the city. The second is the Benedictine University in Springfield located on North Fifth Street (formerly known as Springfield College in Illinois), and the third is Robert Morris University (Illinois), located in Montvale, not far from Wabash.
Springfield is also home to junior college Lincoln Land Community College, located south of the UIS. From 1875 to 1976, Springfield was also home to the Concordia Theological Seminary. The seminary was moved back to its home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the campus now functions as the Illinois Department of Corruption Academy.
The city is home to the Springfield campus at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, which includes the Cancer Institute in Springfield's Medical District.
Infrastructure
Health system
St. Hospital John's is home to the Prairie Heart Institute, which performs more cardiovascular procedures than any other hospital in Illinois. The dominant healthcare providers in the region are SIU HealthCare and Springfield Clinic. The main medical education concern in the area is Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. The main regional cancer center is the SIU Simmons Cancer Institute.
Garden
In addition to public sector parks operated by the Springfield Park District, two privately operated tree/arboretum farms operate within the city limits: Abraham Lincoln Memorial Park in Lake Springfield just south of the city, and Adams Wildlife Reserve on the east side of Springfield.
General utilities
Owner of Springfield Lake, City of Water, Light & amp; Power, power supply generated from Dallman Power Station for Springfield city and eight surrounding communities, the company also provides towns and cities with water from the lake. In 2005, the land was damaged for a third power plant owned by the government. The power plant has been completed and started operations in 2009. Natural gas is supplied through Ameren Illinois, formerly Central Illinois Light Company (CILCO).
Transportation
Interstate 55 runs from north to south past Springfield, while I-72, which coincides with US 36 from the Missouri country line to Decatur, runs from east to west. Springfield is also served by the Amtrak passenger train, which operates between Chicago and St. Louis. Louis and stop at the former Gulf, Mobile & amp; Ohio Station. Springfield is also served by the Greyhound line at a station on the North Dirksen Parkway. Local mass transportation needs are met by bus services. Sangamon Mass Transit District (SMTD) operates the Springfield bus system. The city is also located along historic Route 66.
Border traffic is handled by Veterans Parkway and J. David Jones Parkway on the west side, Everett M. Dirksen Parkway on the east side, Sangamon Avenue at the north end, and Wabash Avenue, Stanford Avenue, and Adlai Stevenson Drive to the south end. The far south corridor is serviced by Toronto and Woodside Roads. The highway traffic through the heart of the city is provided by a series of one-way streets. Fifth and Sixth Streets serve most of the north-south traffic, with Fourth and Seventh Streets serving additional traffic between North Grand and South Grand Avenues. The east-west traffic is handled by Jefferson Street, entering Springfield on the west side of IL 97, and then splitting into a pair of one-way streets on Amos Avenue (Madison eastbound and Jefferson westbound). The two converge again after Eleventh Street into Clearlake Avenue, which in turn converges to I-72 to the east, right past Dirksen Parkway. Additional one-way east-west roads run through the downtown area of ​​Springfield, including Monroe, Adams, Washington, and Cook Streets, as well as the stretch of Lawrence Avenue.
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport serves the capital with scheduled passenger jet services to Chicago/O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, Fort Myers (via Punta Gorda Airport) and Orlando (via Sanford Airport).
Springfield and the surrounding metropolitan area have built bike lanes and bicycle lanes on a number of roads. There are currently four main lines; two significant asphalt tracks, the Interurban Line and Lost Bridge, serving Springfield and its suburbs in Chatham, Illinois and Rochester, Illinois. The Lost Bridge Trail has been extended further into Springfield by Bunn to the Lost Bridge Trail , which follows the stretch of Ash Street and Taylor Avenue. The plan will be extended further to Stanford Avenue. The third trail, the Wabash Trail, extends west from the north end of the Interurban Trail to Parkway Pointe, a regional shopping destination.
The fourth trace is part, opened in July 2011, from the Sangamon Valley Trail which runs north to south through the central western part of Sangamon District. The open section in 2011 extends north from Centennial Park to Stuart Park. This trail, if completed in its entirety, will reuse the entire Sangamon County area from the St. Joseph railway line. Louis, Peoria and the abandoned North Western Railway as a pathway that will stretch from Girard, Illinois, to Athens, Illinois.
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