Lincoln Tomb
The Lincoln Tomb is the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States; his wife Mary Todd Lincoln; and three of their four sons: Edward, William, and Thomas.Photo: SuburbanDave, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Tomb
- Description: tomb of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, United States
- Address: Springfield, IL
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oak Ridge Cemetery and Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum.
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Heritage site
Photo: SenorAnderson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oak Ridge Cemetery is an American cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. The Lincoln Tomb, where Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of their children lie, is there, as are the graves of other prominent Illinois figures. Oak Ridge Cemetery is situated 730 feet west of Lincoln Tomb.
Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum
Museum
The Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum is a museum of African-American history and culture located in Springfield in the U.S. state of Illinois. Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Lincoln Tomb.
Nelson Center
Sports venue
The Franklin P. Nelson Recreation Center is a 2,100-seat multi purpose ice arena and recreational facility located in Springfield, Illinois. The ice arena has two NHL regulation-sized ice sheets. Nelson Center is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Lincoln Tomb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Springfield and Grandview.
Springfield
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Springfield is a city in the center of the state of Illinois. It is the state's capital — not Chicago — and the county seat of Sangamon County. Springfield is best known for its most famous resident, Abraham Lincoln, and there are several historic sites that are dedicated to him.
Grandview
Village
Grandview is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,441 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Grandview is situated 2 miles east of Lincoln Tomb.
Bissell
Hamlet
Bissell is an unincorporated community in Clear Lake Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. Bissell is located on Illinois Route 54 and the Canadian National Railway near the northeast border of Springfield. Bissell is situated 4 miles east of Lincoln Tomb.
Lincoln Tomb
- Categories: building, historic site, and burial
- Location: Capital Township, Sangamon, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.82321° or 39° 49′ 24″ northLongitude
-89.65571° or 89° 39′ 21″ westElevation
581 feet (177 metres)Inception
1874Height
118 feet (36 metres)Open location code
86FGR8FV+7POpenStreetMap ID
way 107710600OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombGeoNames ID
4243076Wikidata ID
Q3409587
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Lincoln Tomb” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قبر لينكون”
- Catalan: “tomba de Lincoln”
- Chinese: “林肯墓”
- Chinese: “林肯墓园”
- Chinese: “林肯墓園”
- Chinese: “林肯陵墓”
- Dutch: “Lincoln Tomb”
- Esperanto: “tombo de Lincoln”
- Finnish: “Lincolnin hauta”
- French: “Lincoln Tomb”
- French: “tombe de Lincoln”
- Hebrew: “קבר לינקולן”
- Interlingua: “tumba de Lincoln”
- Italian: “Tomba di Lincoln”
- Italian: “tomba Lincoln”
- Japanese: “リンカーンの墓”
- Japanese: “リンカーン墓”
- Macedonian: “Гробот на Абрахам Линколн”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lincoln Tomb”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lincoln Tomb”
- Ossetian: “Линкольны ингæн”
- Persian: “آرامگاه لینکلن”
- Portuguese: “Túmulo de Lincoln”
- Russian: “могила Линкольна”
- Slovenian: “Lincolnov grob”
- Spanish: “tumba de Lincoln”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Lincoln”
- Tajik: “гури Линколн”
- Ukrainian: “гробниця Авраама Лінкольна”
- Ukrainian: “гробниця Лінкольна”
- Ukrainian: “Гробниця Лінкольна”
- Ukrainian: “могила Авраама Лінкольна”
- Ukrainian: “могила Лінкольна”
- Western Panjabi: “لنکن دی قبر”
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