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State. Illinois. Largest city. Chicago. Population. 9.7 million. Northern Illinois is a region generally covering the northern third of the U.S. state of Illinois. [1] [2] The region is by far the most populous of Illinois with nearly 9.7 million residents as of 2010.
Northern Illinois University ( NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School in 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld, initially to provide the state with college-educated teachers. In addition to the main campus in DeKalb, it has satellite centers in Chicago, Naperville ...
Illinois has a maximum north–south distance of 390 miles (630 km) and 210 miles (340 km) east-west. Total area is 57,918 square miles (150,010 km 2 ), ranked 25th in size of the 50 states. Water area is 2,325 square miles (6,020 km 2 ); Lake Michigan accounts for most of this. Charles Mound in the northwest Driftless Area is the highest point ...
There are 102 counties in Illinois. The most populous of these is Cook County, the second-most populous county in the United States and the home of Chicago, while the least populous is Hardin County. The largest by land area is McLean County, while the smallest is Putnam County. Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL.
English: Map of northern Illinois with major cities, county boundaries, township boundaries, municipality boundaries, and major highways. Data is from US Census TIGER website and Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse website.
Fox Valley (Illinois) Coordinates: 42°0′N 88°15′W. Fox Valley. The Fox Valley —also commonly known as the Fox River Valley —is a region centered on the Fox River of Northern Illinois, along the western edges of the Chicago metropolitan area. [1] The region extends from the village of Antioch, in far northern Illinois, to the city of ...
Skyscraper designed by Holabird & Root, housed the world's largest trading floor when built in 1930. 9. Church of the Holy Family. Church of the Holy Family. More images. April 15, 1970. ( #70000851) Cahokia. 38°34′13″N 90°11′18″W.
This is a map showing Northern Illinois counties based on counties that are north of Central Illinois as shown: ...