Macomb Illinois Secretary of State Facility – Illinois DMV
The Macomb Illinois Secretary of State DMV Facility is located at 466 S. Deere Rd. and offers the following services: Driver’s License and Renewal, Identification Cards, Written Test, Road Test, Vehicle Registration, Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), CDL Written Test. Hours of operation: Sunday – Closed Monday – Closed Tuesday – 8:00 am – 5:30 pm Wednesday – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Thursday – 8:00 am…
Read MoreMacomb Downtown Development
Macomb’s Downtown Development office takes a leading role in encouraging a collaborative spirit among community partners in oak effort to enhance the physical environment and interactive experience of Macomb‘s Downtown and its Historic Square. The office’s goal is to develop Historic Downtown Macomb as a community in and of itself, where the population and its…
Read MoreMayor’s Office – City of Bushnell
Serving in her first term, Robin Wilt is the first female to be elected mayor of Bushnell in the city’s over 16o year history.
Read MoreGeorge Francis Chase – Brigadier General U.S. Army
Brigadier General George Francis Chase (1848 -1925) was the commander of the 15th Cavalry Regiment and in 1907 he became the United States Army Inspector General for the Department of the East. He was born on July 29, 1848 in Macomb, Illinois to James Morris Chase and Salina Venable. He attended the United States Military Academy from July 1, 1867, to June 12, 1871. He…
Read MoreJames B. Fields – Preacher / Orator / Businessman
James B. Fields (1850-1896) was a Baptist preacher and orator in Illinois and Denver, Colorado. He was known for his orations in opposition to agnostic, Robert G. Ingersoll. J. B. Fields was born a slave on March 1, 1850 in Prairieville, Missouri. His parents were Henry and Minnie Fields and had originated in Virginia. The family escaped slavery in…
Read MoreLawrence Yates Sherman – U.S. Senator
Lawrence Yates Sherman was born November 8, 1858 in Miami County, Ohio. His parents Nelson and Maria (Yates) Sherman, first moved to McDonough County, Illinois in 1859 and eventually settled in Jasper County in 1867. Sherman attended public school and the Lees Academy in Coles County. In order to pay for a college education he alternately…
Read MoreLamoine River Valley Basin
Lamoine River is a beautiful 125-mile-long tributary of the Illinois River in western Illinois which gracefully meanders directly through the heart of Forgottonia, Macomb. Its watershed covers approximately 2,000 square miles, and it is the sixth-largest tributary to the Illinois River. It is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The Lamoine or La Moine River rises in southwestern Warren County and initially flows lazily southwestward through southeastern Henderson and northwestern McDonough…
Read MoreVillage of Tennessee
In March, 1854, Tennessee township, was selected by L. C. Bacon, T. K. Waddill and S. Cockerham as a site upon which to establish the village of Tennessee. Work along the line of the C. B. & Q., railroad had already commenced, which, from the survey, passed through that section of McDonough County, and was…
Read MoreVillage of Blandinsville
Blandinsville is a village in McDonough County, Illinois, 16 miles northwest of Macomb. The town is named for Joseph L. Blandin, owner of the first general store, whom, with his parents he came to Illinois, in June, 1837, settled on land which now forms a part of Blandinsville. In 1842, the town was platted on a tract known as…
Read MoreNew Philadelphia, IL – Mound Township
New Philadelphia was laid out in 1857 by Lloyd Thomas when the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad first surveyed to pass through that area. When the railroad was eventually run a half mile north of the original survey, Mr. P. Wilson and J.H. Langford, in 1866 laid out the town at that location changing the name…
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