Central Illinois
Central Illinois is a region of Illinois extending south from Chicagoland along the border with Indiana. It includes Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, LaSalle, Livingston, McLean, and Shelby counties.Essential Destinations
Top destinations: Springfield and Champaign-Urbana.
Destinations to Discover
Places to explore: Danville and Iroquois County.
Effingham
Tuscola
Mount Olive
Mount Olive is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.Arcola
Arcola is a city in the Central Illinois region of Illinois with about 2,900 residents in 2020.Litchfield
Litchfield is a small city in Central Illinois.Williamsville
Sherman
Sherman is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.Fithian
Fithian is a village in Oakwood Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.Central Illinois
- Type: region
- Description: region of Illinois, USA
- Also known as: “Heart of Illinois” and “osrčje Illinoisa”
- Location: Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
40.23° or 40° 13′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
-88.72° or 88° 43′ 12″ west
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Central Illinois” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “伊利諾州中部”
- French: “Central Illinois”
- German: “Central Illinois”
- Hebrew: “מרכז אילינוי”
- Italian: “Central Illinois”
- Italian: “Illinois centrale”
- Slovenian: “Centralni Illinois”
- Spanish: “Central Illinois”
- Venetian: “Illinois sentrałe”
- Vietnamese: “Trung Illinois”
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