Springfield
About 115,000 people.
Springfield is the capital city of Illinois, where the state government makes its laws. It is most famous as the hometown of President Abraham Lincoln.
You can visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum with lifelike figures, tour Lincoln's real old home, or see the beautiful Illinois State Capitol with its tall dome.
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Lincoln's Hometown
Springfield is full of places where Abraham Lincoln lived and worked, and kids can walk through his real house and learn how he became a great president.
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The Capitol
The Illinois State Capitol is a grand building with a dome even taller than the one in Washington, where leaders make the rules for the whole state.