Illinois

Capitol: Springfield


Became the 21st state
to enter the union on
Dec. 3, 1818


State flower: violet

State bird: cardinal

State song: "Illinois"

State tree: white oak

State motto: "State sovereignty, national union"


Nicknames: "Prairie state" and "The land of Lincoln"


Size in land area: 55,584 square miles

Illinois City Guides

Hotels

• Aurora
• Bloomington 
• Canton 
• Carbondale 
• Champaign 
• Chicago 
• Decatur 
• Des Plaines 
• Downers Grove 
• Evanston 
• Joliet 
• Marion 
• Moline 
• Naperville 
• Peoria 
• Quincy 
• Rockford 
• Springfield 
• Urbana 
• Waukegan 
• Zion 

 
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