Vandalia is a city in and the county seat of Fayette County, Illinois, United States. At the 2020 Census, the population was 7,458. Vandalia is on the...
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in North America. Vandalia, Illinois Vandalia, Indiana Vandalia, Michigan Vandalia, Missouri Vandalia, Montana Vandalia, Ohio Vandalia, West Virginia A...
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National Road (section Illinois)
congressional funding ran dry and construction was stopped at Vandalia, Illinois, the then-capital of Illinois, 63 miles (101 km) northeast of St. Louis across the...
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the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,488. Its county seat is Vandalia, the site of the Vandalia State House State...
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meat markets, and a carriage shop. It was named after Vandalia, Illinois. By 1959, Vandalia was outgrowing its "village" status, and its citizens voted...
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War and the American Civil War. She was named for the city of Vandalia, Illinois. Vandalia was laid down at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1825; launched...
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miles northeast of Kaskaskia. This location, which would be named Vandalia, Illinois, was selected partly with the hopes of encouraging Americans and immigrant...
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Area. Vandalia was laid off by Aaron McPike and Judge Harmen Caldwell in 1870 and platted in 1871. The city was named after Vandalia, Illinois. Aaron...
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Vandalia State House, built in 1836, is the fourth capitol building of the U.S. state of Illinois. It is also the oldest capitol building in Illinois...
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U.S. Route 40 (redirect from Route 11 (Illinois))
construction project. When completed it connected Cumberland, Maryland, with Vandalia, Illinois. The Victory Highway was designated as a memorial to World War I veterans...
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June Squibb (category People from Vandalia, Illinois)
leading role, in the action comedy film Thelma. Squibb was born in Vandalia, Illinois, on November 6, 1929. Her mother, JoyBelle, was a silent film pianist...
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the Party. Greenville, Illinois Vandalia, Illinois U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pocahontas, Illinois "Elected Officials –...
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more than 35 acres (14 ha) of the park. Illinois Museums Vandalia State House State Historic Site in Vandalia The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago...
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USS Vandalia has been the name of four ships in the service of the United States Navy. All of the ships are named after Vandalia, Illinois.[citation needed]...
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from its location on the old National Road between Indianapolis and Vandalia, Illinois. The National Road was later named U.S. Highway 40 when it became...
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Special routes of U.S. Route 40 (redirect from U.S. Route 40 Alternate (Greenville-Vandalia, Illinois))
acquired most of the old route. Then, in 1947, IL 11 briefly extended to Vandalia after US 40 moved onto another bypass to avoid Hagarstown. In 1948, the...
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was abandoned around 1840 (construction on the National Road after Vandalia, Illinois also stopping owing to the Panic of 1837 and early railroad construction)...
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Vandalia Municipal Airport (IATA: VLA, ICAO: KVLA, FAA: VLA) is a civil, public use airport located 3 miles northwest of Vandalia, Illinois. The airport...
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(6 km) to Interstate 70, which continues east 50 miles (80 km) to Vandalia. Illinois Route 157 passes through the west side of the village, leading northeast...
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The Vandalia Correctional Institution is a minimum-security state prison for men located in Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois, owned and operated by the...
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Kaskaskia Baptist Association, was organized in 1840 and centered in the Vandalia, Illinois, area. It originated from the Saline Fraternity, which was organized...
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Little House in Caldwell, Idaho (NRHP-listed) Little Brick House in Vandalia, Illinois (NRHP-listed) Little Loomhouses in or near Louisville, Kentucky (NRHP-listed)...
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at 301 W. Main St. in Vandalia, Illinois. The church was built in 1868 on the site of the first Protestant church in Illinois. The first church at the...
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the governmental seat of the Illinois Territory (1809–1818), until the territorial seat was moved to Vandalia, Illinois, and in 1809 became the county...
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Rural King (category Companies based in Coles County, Illinois)
was built. Paris was Kermit and Pat Speer's home for 15 years. The Vandalia, Illinois, Rural King was opened in 1966 in an old building on U.S. Highway...
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of Lincoln's letters to Owens: letter of December 13, 1836, from Vandalia, Illinois letter of May 7, 1837, from Springfield letter of August 16, 1837...
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from a CSX Transportation connection in Vandalia, Illinois. The line part of the original main line of the Illinois Central Railroad, completed in the 1850s...
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Thomas Carlin (category People from Vandalia, Illinois)
1837, Illinois' legislature had approved moving the state capital from Vandalia to Springfield, despite the opposition of Governor Joseph Duncan, a former...
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Forrest Claypool (category Politicians from Cook County, Illinois)
has three children. Born in Vandalia, Illinois in 1958, Claypool grew up in downstate in the nearby town of St. Elmo, Illinois. Claypool received his bachelor's...
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Vandalia, Illinois; and St. Louis. Instructed to stay away from large cities, he turned eastward and finally decided on the land in Eastern Illinois that...
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