Sangamon County, Illinois Basics:


Sangamon County Illinois - Government Site

Population: 199,269
Area: 868 square miles
County seat: Springfield
Area code(s) in use: 217
Time zone: CST
High school graduate or higher: 91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 31.6%
Median household income: $55,355
Persons in poverty: 13.6%
Home ownership rate: 71.3%
Mean travel time to work: 18.9 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Cass  Christian  Logan  Macon  Macoupin  Menard  Montgomery  Morgan  

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Our detail map of Sangamon County shows the Sangamon County, Illinois boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Sangamon County, Illinois

  Airports     show all on map

Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, Brandt Heliport, Brentwood Landing Strip, Brown Landing Strip, De Kalb Heliport, Doctors Hospital Heliport, Donald A. Hamilton Airport, Fisher Landing Strip, Fry RLA Airport, Griffith RLA Airport, Holiday Inn East Heliport, Holmes Airport, Hundley Airport, Illinois Department of Transportation Heliport, Illinois Department of Transportation Number 6 Heliport, Lincoln Land Community College Heliport, Lindbergh Air Mail Field (historical), McDonald Landing Strip, McNaught Landing Strip, Memorial Medical Center Heliport, Minch Airport, Nergenah Airport, Park Airport, R and S Airport, Reyhan Heliport, Richardson Airport, Robinson RLA Airport, Royal Parkway Dodge Heliport, Saint Johns Hospital Heliport, Schneider Heliport, Shag Bark Farms Heliport, Smith RLA Airport, Springfield Southwest Airpark, Stanton Airport, State Fairgrounds Heliport, Taft Airport

  Bends     show all on map

Mowery Bend

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Chinquapin Bridge (historical), Coal Bank Bridge, Glasser Bridge, Lindsey Bridge, Sugar Creek Covered Bridge, Woodside Bridge

  Buildings     show all on map

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Air Evac Lifeteam, America Ambulance, Auburn Area Ambulance Service, Auburn Fire Protection District / Auburn Emergency Squad, Auburn Fire Protection District Station 1, Auburn Fire Protection District Station 2, Auburn Public Library, Boys Club, Buffalo Fire Protection District, Building A, Building B, Building C, Building D, Building E, Building F, Building G, Building H, Building I, Building J, Building K, Capitol Complex Visitors Center, Centennial Building, Chatham Fire and Emergency Medical Services, Dawson Volunteer Fire Department, Divernon Fire Protection District, Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Museum, Illinois Building, Illinois National Guard 183rd Tactical Fire Department, Illinois State Archives, Illinois State Capitol, Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois State Library, Illinois State Museum, Illinois State Police Central Headquarters, Illinois Supreme Court Library, Illiopolis Volunteer Fire Department, LifeStar Ambulance Service, Lincoln Depot, Lincoln Home Visitor Center, Lincoln Library, Lincoln Prairie Behavioral Health Center, Lincolns Home, Loami Fire Protection District, Maxwell Townhall, Mechanicsburg Fire Protection District, Myers Building, New Berlin - Island Grove Fire Protection District, Oliver P Parks Telephone Museum, Pawnee Fire Protection District, Pleasant Plains Fire Protection District, Prairie Heart Institute, Ridgely Building, Riverton Fire Protection District, Riverton Fire Protection District Station 2, Rochester Fire Protection District, Sherman Fire Protection District, Southtown Theatre (historical), Springfield Area Ambulance, Springfield City Hall, Springfield Fire Department Station 1, Springfield Fire Department Station 10, Springfield Fire Department Station 11, Springfield Fire Department Station 12, Springfield Fire Department Station 2, Springfield Fire Department Station 3, Springfield Fire Department Station 4, Springfield Fire Department Station 5, Springfield Fire Department Station 6, Springfield Fire Department Station 7, Springfield Fire Department Station 8, Springfield Fire Department Station 9, Springfield Fire Training Division, Springfield Theatre Center, Stratton Building, Virden Fire Protection District Thayer Station, Williamsville Fire Protection District

  Cemeteries     show all on map

Allen Cemetery, Anderson Cemetery, Auburn Cemetery, Avenue Cemetery, Baily Cemetery, Bashaw Cemetery, Batterton Cemetery, Beam Cemetery, Beck Cemetery, Berlin Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, Bice Cemetery, Bissell Cemetery, Bradfordton Cemetery, Bradley Cemetery, Breckenridge Cemetery, Bridges Cemetery, Brittin Cemetery, Broadwell Cemetery, Brunk Cemetery, Brunk Cemetery, Brush Creek Cemetery, Buffalo Hart Cemetery, Butler Cemetery, Caldwell Burial Griund, Caldwell Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, Camp Butler National Cemetery, Campbell Cemetery, Canterbury Cemetery, Cantrall Cemetery, Cardinal Cemetery, Carver Cemetery, Cass Cemetery, Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick Cemetery, Cathedral of the Immacula Cemetery, Catholic Cemetery, Chatham Community Cemetery, Chatham Memorial Cemetery, Clayville Tavern Cemetery, Cloyd Cemetery, Constant Cemetery, Converse Cemetery, Crowder Cemetery, Crowder Cemetery, Crucifixion Hill Cemetery, Cumberland Sugar Creek Cemetery, David Cemetery, Dawson Cemetery, Drennan Cemetery, Dunlap Cemetery, Dunn Cemetery, Easley Cemetery, Ecket Cemetery, Elliott Cemetery, Fancy Creek Cemetery, Farmingdale Cemetery, Fisk Cemetery, Foster Cemetery, Foutch Cemetery, Gardner Cemetery, Garner Cemetery, Gibson Cemetery, Hall Cemetery, Hardin Cemetery, Harmony Cemetery, Harrison Cemetery, Higgins Cemetery, Hodgerson Cemetery, Holman Cemetery, Home of the Friends Cemetery, Hopwood Cemetery, Horse Creek Cemetery, Hutchinson Cemetery, Indian Burial Ground, Irwin Cemetery, Island Grove Cemetery, Jester Cemetery, John Campbell Cemetery, Johnson Cemetery, Jones Cemetery, Kelley Cemetery, Kelly Cemetery, Kern Cemetery, King Cemetery, Ladysmith Cemetery, Lanterman Cemetery, Laswell Cemetery, Lightfoot Cemetery, Lincoln Tomb, Little Hope Cemetery, Mallory Cemetery, Martin Cemetery, Martin Cemetery, Mathews Cemetery, Maxwell Cemetery, Mazeppa Cemetery, McAllister Cemetery, McConnell Cemetery, McConnell Cemetery, McCoy Cemetery, McGinnis Cemetery, McKinnie Cemetery, Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Millar Cemetery, Morgan Cemetery, Mostetter Cemetery, Motterville Cemetery, Mount Zion Cemetery, Newcomer Cemetery, Newton Cemetery, Oak Grove Cemetery, Oak Hill Cemetery, Oak Hill Cemetery, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Old Camp Butler Cemetery, Old Salem Cemetery, Patterson Cemetery, Pickerell Cemetery, Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Power Cemetery, Prter Cartwright Cemetery, Rankin Cemetery, Renshaw Cemetery, Resurrection Hill Cemetery, Richland Baptist Cemetery, Richland Cemetery, Riverside Cemetery, Rochester Cemetery, Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Rucker Cemetery, Sackett Cemetery, Saint Bernard Cemetery, Saint Francis Convent Cemetery, Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery, Saint Mary's Cemetery, Salisbury Cemetery, Sangamo Town Cemetery, Sangamon County Home Cemetery, Schaffer Cemetery, Schamel Cemetery, Schuff Cemetery, Shelton Cemetery, Shepherd Cemetery, Shoup Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Smyrna Cemetery, South Fork Cemetery, SouthWick Cemetery, Springfield City Graveyard, Staley Cemetery, Starr Cemetery, Stewart Cemetery, Stout Cemetery, Strode Cemetery, Sugar Creek Cemetery, Sulphur Springs Cemetery, Taborn Cemetery, Talbott C emetery, Taylor Cemetery, Taylor Cemetery, Trumbo Cemetery, Union Cemetery, Van Deren Cemetery, Vigal Cemetery, West Cemetery, Wilcox Cemetery, Wilcox Cemetery, Wimmer Cemetery, Wolf Creek Cemetery, Wright Cemetery, Young Cemetery, Young Cemetery, Zion Cemetery

  Channels     show all on map

Old River

  Churches     show all on map

Advent Christian Church, Asbury United Methodist Church, Auburn Baptist Church, Auburn Church of the Nazarene, Auburn Presbyterian Church, Buffalo Hart Church, Chatham Baptist Church, Chatham Presbyterian Church, Chatham United Methodist Church, Christ Episcopal Church, Christian Church of Auburn, Church of God, Divernon United Methodist Church, Douglas Avenue United Methodist Church, First Baptist Church, First Presbyterian Church, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church of Springfield, Grace United Methodist Church, Hope Presbyterian Church, Island Grove Church, Jerome United Methodist Church, Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, Korean United Presbyterian Church, Kumler United Methodist Church, Laurel United Methodist Church, Loami Christian Church, Loami United Methodist Church, McClain Church (historical), Mechanicsburg Chapel, New Salem Church, Richland Church, Saint Benedicts Roman Catholic Church, Saint John Vianney Church, Saint Marys Church, Sherman United Methodist Church, South Fork Church, Stout Church (historical), Sugar Creek Church, Sugar Creek Church, Third Presbyterian Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, United Brethren Church, United Methodist Church of Auburn, United Methodist Church of Pawnee, Wesley United Methodist Church, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Williamsville Christian Church, Williamsville United Methodist Church, Woodside United Methodist Church, Zion Baptist Church

  Cliffs     show all on map

Hampton Bluff

  Crossings     show all on map

Clear Lake Avenue Interchange, East Lake Drive Interchange, Interchange 1, Interchange 105, Interchange 109, Interchange 11, Interchange 19, Interchange 5, Interchange 80, Interchange 82, Interchange 82, Interchange 83, Interchange 88, Interchange 90, Interchange 91, Interchange 92, Interchange 93, Interchange 97, Rolls Ford, Sangamon Avenue Interchange, South Grand Avenue Interchange

  Dams     show all on map

Braun Pond Dam, Cilca Lake Dam, Spaulding Dam, Sudduth Lake Dam, Weingardt Pond Dam

  Hospitals     show all on map

Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center, Doctors Hospital (historical), Memorial Medical Center, Saint Johns Hospital, Saint Johns Sanitarium

  Lakes     show all on map

Clear Lake, Cow Pond (historical), Halfmoon Lake, Horseshoe Lake (historical), Mud Lake, Shaft Pond, Wiggins Slough

  Locales     show all on map

Beechley, Camp Cilca, Camp Lincoln, Capital City Shopping Center, Chatham Square Shopping Center, Cockrell, Derry Farm, Edgewood Country Club, Fairhills Shopping Center, Illini Country Club, Illinois State Fairground, Jefferies Orchard, Laketown Shopping Center, Lincoln Greens Golf Course, Lincoln Memorial Gardens, Nazarene Acres Camp, Oak Crest Country Club, Prospect Station (historical), Rail Golf Club, Ray School (historical), Route 66 Drive-In, Sangamon Shopping Center, Sangamon Valley Landfill, Sanger, Selbytown, Southwest Plaza Shopping Center, Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon, White Oaks Mall Shopping Center, White Oaks Plaza Shopping Center

  Military     show all on map

Camp Lincoln, Sangamon Ordnance Plant (historical)

  Mines     show all on map

Clear Lake Pit

  Oilfields     show all on map

Berry Oil Field, Mechanicsburg Oil Field, Roby West Oil Field

  Parks     show all on map

Bergen Park, Bridgeview Park, Bunn Park, Carpenter Park, Carpenter Park Nature Preserve, Center Park, Central Springfield Historic District, Cotton Hill Park, Douglas Park, Enos Park, Fairview Park, Forest Park, Gehrmann Park, Gurgens Park, Hobbs Park, Iles Park, Jaycee Park, Lake Park, Lanphier Park, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Lincoln Park, Lincolns Tomb State Historic Site, Memorial Pool Park, Old State Capitol, Old State Capitol Plaza, Pasfield Park, Reservoir Park (historical), Riverside Park, Sangamon County Conservation Area, Sangchris Lake State Park, Union Park, Vredenburg Park, Washington Park

  Populated Places     show all on map

Andrew, Archer, Arlington Heights, Auburn, Bando, Barclay, Barr, Bates, Beamington, Berlin, Berry, Bissell, Bradfordton, Breckenridge, Browns Crossing, Buckhart, Buffalo, Buffalo Hart, Cantrall, Cascade, Chatham, Cimic, Claysville, Clear Lake, Cody, Coleman, Commanche Village, Compro, Cotton Hill, Curran, Dawson, Devereux Heights, Divernon, East Springfield, Ellis, Farmingdale, Glenarm, Grandview, Green Acres, Hawthorne Place, Haynes, Huffaker, Iles, Illiopolis, Irwins Park, Island Grove, Jerome, Jess, Keys, Knapp, Knollwood, Lanesville, Leland Grove, Lemmon (historical), Loami, Lowder, Maxwell (historical), Mechanicsburg, Mildred, New Berlin, New City, North Wind, Pasfield, Pawnee, Pawnee Junction, Peabody, Pleasant Plains, Prouty, Richland, Riddle Hill, Ridgely, Riverton, Rochester, Salisbury, Saunders, Shale Bluff, Sherman, Southern View, Southlawn, Spaulding, Springfield, Starne, Streadle, Sudduth (historical), Thayer, Toronto, Tower Heights, Van Wood, West Grand Place, Williamsville, Woodside, Zenobia

  Post Offices     show all on map

Auburn Post Office, Cottonhill Post Office (historical), Cross Plains Post Office (historical), Glenarm Post Office, Springfield Post Office

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Braun Pond, Cilca Lake, Lake Commanche, Lake Loami, Lake Springfield, Leisure Lakes, Sudduth Lake, Weingardt Pond

  Ridges     show all on map

Blind Horse Ridge

  Schools     show all on map

Allen School (historical), American School (historical), Auburn Elementary School, Auburn High School, Auburn Junior High School, Ball Elementary School, Beaverdam School (historical), Bell School (historical), Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Bice School (historical), Black Hawk Elementary School, Blessed Sacrament School, Bluff School (historical), Bumgarner School (historical), Bunn School, Butler Elementary School, Cantrall Elementary School, Cascade School (historical), Center Point School (historical), Chatham Elementary School, Cherry Grove School (historical), Christ the King School, Clear Lake School (historical), Colean School (historical), College Corner School (historical), Cottage Hill School (historical), Cotton Hill Academy (historical), Countyline School (historical), Crabapple School (historical), Crackneck School (historical), Cummings School (historical), Diocesan School, Divernon Elementary School, Divernon High School (historical), Dodds School, Douglas School, Drury Jones School (historical), Dubois Elementary School, Dunlap School (historical), Edison School, Enos Elementary School, Enterprise School (historical), Fairplay School (historical), Fairview Elementary School, Fairview School (historical), Fancy Creek School (historical), Farmingdale Elementary School, Feitshans Center, Fletcher School (historical), Forest Grove School (historical), Fork Prairie School (historical), Foutch School (historical), Georgetown School (historical), Glenwood High School, Glenwood Junior High School, Griffin High School, Griggs School (historical), Harvard Park School, Hay-Edwards Elementary School, Hazel Dell Elementary School, Hazlett School (historical), Highwater Mark School (historical), Hong Kong School (historical), Hopewell School (historical), Hudson School (historical), Humphrey School (historical), Iles Elementary School, Iles School (historical), Illiopolis High School, Immanuel School, Independence School (historical), Jane Addams Elementary School, Jefferson Elementary School, Johns Creek School (historical), Kentucky School (historical), Laketown Elementary School, Lanphier High School, Larabee School (historical), Lawrence School, Liberty School (historical), Lincoln Elementary School, Lincoln Land Community College, Lindsey School, Little Flower School, Loami Elementary School, Locust Grove School (historical), Locust Lane School (historical), Lynndora School (historical), Maple Grove School (historical), Martin School (historical), Matheny Elementary School, McClernand Elementary School, Mottarville School (historical), Mound Grove School (historical), Mound Seminary School (historical), Mount Zion School (historical), New Berlin High School, New College School (historical), Nipper School (historical), North Round Prairie School (historical), Nuckolls School (historical), O'Neal School (historical), Oak Grove School (historical), Oak Hill School, Oak Ridge School (historical), Oakridge School (historical), Our Saviors School, Owen Marsh Elementary School, Palmer School, Patton School (historical), Patton School (historical), Pawnee Grade School, Pawnee High School, Piper School, Pleasant Hill Elementary School, Pleasant Plains High School, Pleasant Valley School (historical), Pleasant View School (historical), Poffenberger School (historical), Prospect School (historical), Prosperity School (historical), Providence School (historical), Pullhall School (historical), Rickard School (historical), Ridgley Elementary School, Rienzi School (historical), Riverton Elementary School, Riverton High School, Rochester High School, Sacred Heart Academy, Saint Aloysius School, Saint Cabrini School, Saint James School, Saint Patricks School, Sand Hill School, Sandburg Elementary School, Sanders School (historical), Sangamo Center School (historical), Sherman Elementary School, Sherman School (historical), South Cotton Hill School (historical), South Fork School (historical), South Round Prairie School (historical), Southern View Elementary School, Springfield High School, Springfield Junior College, Springfield Southeast High School, Staley School, Strode School (historical), Stuart School, Sunny Slope School (historical), Sunnyside School (historical), Tilson School (historical), Tipton School (historical), Tri-City High School, Trinity Lutheran School, Tucker School (historical), U S Grant Middle School, Union School (historical), University of Illinois at Springfield, Ursuline Academy (historical), Victory School (historical), Walnut Grove School (historical), Wanless Elementary School, Washington Middle School, Webster Elementary School, West Grand School, Wiggins School (historical), Wilcox Elementary School, Williamsville High School, Withrow Elementary School, Wright School (historical)

  Streams     show all on map

Archer Creek, Black Branch, Brush Creek, Buckhart Creek, Cantrall Creek, Clear Creek, Fancy Creek, Griffith Creek, Henkle Branch, Hoover Branch, Horse Creek, Jacksonville Branch, Johns Creek, Lick Creek, Little Panther Creek, Little Wolf Creek, Long Point Slough, McCoy Branch, Mosquito Creek, North Fork Clear Creek, North Fork Richland Creek, Panther Creek, Polecat Creek, Prairie Creek, Richland Creek, South Fork Lick Creek, South Fork Sangamon River, Spring Creek, Sugar Creek, Willow Branch, Wolf Creek

  Summits     show all on map

Cotton Hill, Yellow Hammer Knob

  Towers     show all on map

WCFN-TV (Springfield), WCVS-AM (Springfield), WDBR-FM (Springfield), WFMB-FM (Springfield), WICS-TV (Springfield), WMAY-AM (Springfield), WNNS-FM (Springfield), WQNA-FM (Springfield), WRSP-TV (Springfield), WRVI-FM (Virden), WSSU-FM (Springfield), WTAX-AM (Springfield), WVEM-FM (Springfield), WYMG-FM (Jacksonville),

Sangamon County, Illinois Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
WhiteSangamon County White population 166,788166,788  
BlackSangamon County Black population 23,91223,912
MixedSangamon County Mixed population 4,3844,383
AsianSangamon County Asian population 3,5873,586
American IndianSangamon County American Indian population 399398
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderSangamon County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 00

Additional population tables :
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