Mattoon (Ill.)
Item
- Title
- Mattoon (Ill.)
- Description
- Kentucky immigrants were the first white settlers in the area, arriving in 1826. In 1861 the town was named for William B. Mattoon, a railroad chief construction engineer.
- Has beginning
- 1861
- Identifier
- USGS GNIS ID: 413131
- U.S. Census code: 47553
- Parent division/institution
- Coles County (Ill.)
- Related resource
- The official website of Mattoon, Illinois
- Latitude
- 39.4830897
- Longitude
- -88.3728255
- Item sets
- Cities and towns--Illinois