City of Effingham

City of Effingham is a locality in Effingham, Illinois. City of Effingham is situated nearby to the hamlet Ewington, as well as near Funkhouser.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Effingham station and Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum.

Effingham station

Railway station

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Effingham station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Effingham, Illinois, United States. The station contains three houses, at the CSXT St. Louis Line Subdivision crossing that once served Amtrak's former National Limited line between Kansas City and either Washington D.C. or New York City until 1979.

Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum

Courthouse

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The Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum is a historic building and museum located in Effingham, the county seat of Effingham County, Illinois. Built in 1871, the building was originally the Effingham County Courthouse.

The Cross at the Crossroads

Wayside cross

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The Cross at the Crossroads is a large roadside Christian cross sculpture off the intersection of Interstate 57 and Interstate 70 in Effingham, Illinois, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Effingham.

Effingham

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Effingham is a city in Effingham County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It is in South Central Illinois. Its population was 12,252 at the 2020 census.

City of Effingham

Type: Locality with 12,300 residents
Location: Effingham, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.1199° or 39° 7′ 12″ north

Longitude

-88.5511° or 88° 33′ 4″ west

Population

12,300

Elevation

591 feet (180 metres)

Open location code

86FH4C9X+XG

GeoNames ID

7316920

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