Sangamon River
The Sangamon River is a principal tributary of the Illinois River, approximately 246 miles long, in central Illinois in the United States. It drains a mostly rural agricultural area and runs through Decatur and past Springfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Riviere De Saguimont”, “Riviere Des Matsigames”, “Sagamond River”, “Sain-quee-mon”, “Sangamo River”, “Sanguemon River”, and “Sanquemin River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beardstown Bridge.
Beardstown Bridge
Bridge
The Beardstown Bridge is a two-lane bridge that carries U.S. Route 67 and Illinois Route 100 across the Illinois River between Schuyler County, Illinois and the city of Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beardstown and Frederick.
Beardstown
Town
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Beardstown is a city in Cass County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,951 at the 2020 census. The public schools are in Beardstown Community Unit School District 15.
Frederick
Village
Frederick is an unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Illinois, United States. Frederick is near the Illinois River, 4 miles north of Beardstown. Frederick has a post office with ZIP code 62639. Frederick is situated 3½ miles north of Sangamon River.
Bluff Springs
Village
Bluff Springs is an unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois, United States. Bluff Springs is located on Illinois Route 125, east of Beardstown. Bluff Springs is situated 5 miles southeast of Sangamon River.
Sangamon River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Cass, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Sangamon River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر سانجامون”
- Arabic: “نهر سانغامون”
- Asturian: “Ríu Sangamon”
- Catalan: “Sangamon”
- Cebuano: “Sangamon River”
- Chinese: “桑加蒙河”
- Croatian: “Sangamon”
- Dutch: “Sangamon River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سانجامون”
- French: “Sangamon”
- German: “Sangamon River”
- Hebrew: “סנגמון”
- Hungarian: “Sangamon River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Sangamon”
- Japanese: “サンガモン川”
- Malayalam: “സാംഗമൺ നദി”
- Mingrelian: “სანგამონი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sangamon River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sangamon”
- Norwegian: “Sangamon”
- Russian: “Сангамон (река)”
- Russian: “Сангамон”
- Slovenian: “reka Sangamon”
- Slovenian: “Sangamon River”
- Slovenian: “Sangamon”
- Venetian: “Sangamon”
- Welsh: “Afon Sangamon”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Schmoldt Park and Beardstown River Museum.
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