Help...information about small IL towns

[linicx]

Local news broadcasters define Central Illinois as the following counties:
Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Mason and Fulton.

The counties that you listed are located in East Central Illinois and are much closerr to Champaign than to Central Illinois.
Arcola
Arthur
Atwood
Mahomet
Shelbyville

[StevenKrzak]

Hi, Steve-o,

I know exactly what you mean! I took Bethel Road off of IL-78 from Mount Carroll to get to Elizabeth during the snow storm, and what an adventure that was! I thought that route would be a short cut -- ha!

Everything was so white, it was like I was driving through the clouds. Sometimes I wasn't sure if I was driving on the road or in a field. I did the best that I could and slowly followed some fresh tire tracks in the snow, and then all of the sudden the tracks were gone. Yikes! There was some steep downhill driving as well. How do the residents cope with the winter driving?? They should get a medal for courage!

Thanks for sharing your experience! I don't feel so alone anymore! If I ever move to the Galena area, I'll share my winter driving tips with you!

[StevenKrzak]

Linicx,

Thanks for the information about the Central Illinois counties, duly noted. I was interested in the cities that I had listed despite how the local news broadcasters define East Central IL. Sorry for any confusion!

[arpschneider]

Originally Posted by linicx

Local news broadcasters define Central Illinois as the following counties:
Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Mason and Fulton.

The counties that you listed are located in East Central Illinois and are much closer to Champaign than to Central Illinois.
Arcola
Arthur
Atwood
Mahomet
Shelbyville

I beg to differ.

Since Chestnut has been designated as the geographic center of Illinois, and is located on the eastern edge of Logan County, I would think that any of the counties surrounding Logan would also fall within that classification.

[StevenKrzak]

Dear arpschneider,

Thanks for your reply.

To everyone who has replied to my question, I want to thank you very much. I would also like to let everyone know that I like to keep things as simple as possible.

Rather than get into any future discussions about the specific direction of any of the cities that I had mentioned, I would like to keep the focus only on information about the cities, not their compass bearing. I have an idea of where the cities are, and that's good enough for me.

I've received some really helpful information thus far, so if you have any stats or personal experiences about the cities, please don't hesitate to reply!

Also, I have narrowed down my list and am looking for information about the following cities in IL (I've added a few new cities to the list):

Fulton
Galena
Geneseo
Hanover
Lena
Morrison
Mount Carroll
Savanna