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:''For other places called Springfield, [[Springfield|go here]].''
  
 
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== About ==
 
== About ==
The [[Springfield, Illinois]] [[graticule]] is located at [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=39&long=-89 latitude 39, longitude -89].
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The [[Springfield, Illinois]] [[graticule]] is located at {{Today's location|lat=39|lon=-89|text=latitude 39, longitude -89}}.
  
 
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and with a population of 116,250 as of the 2010 census, is the largest city in central Illinois. Springfield is perhaps most famous for being the home of the 16th President of the United States, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln Abraham Lincoln], from 1837 to 1861. The graticule is mostly rural farmland, but also includes the towns of Taylorville, Carlinville, and Litchfield, as well as parts of Decatur and Vandalia.
 
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and with a population of 116,250 as of the 2010 census, is the largest city in central Illinois. Springfield is perhaps most famous for being the home of the 16th President of the United States, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln Abraham Lincoln], from 1837 to 1861. The graticule is mostly rural farmland, but also includes the towns of Taylorville, Carlinville, and Litchfield, as well as parts of Decatur and Vandalia.
  
 
== Expeditions ==
 
== Expeditions ==
* [[2015-07-11_39_-89|2015-07-11]]: In what appears to be an empty lot in Springfield.
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* [[2015-12-22 39 -89|2015-12-22]]: [[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] and [[User:Dolphintreasure|Dolphintreasure]] get the [[Speed racer achievement]] outside the Abraham Lincoln Capitol Airport.
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* [[2015-12-17 39 -89|2015-12-17]]: [[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] and [[User:Dolphintreasure|Dolphintreasure]] reached this point in a small, thorny prairie.
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* [[2015-08-17 39 -89|2015-08-17]]: [[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] found this point in someone's front yard in Springfield.
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* [[2015-08-13 39 -89|2015-08-13]]: [[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] and [[User:Dolphintreasure|Dolphintreasure]] biked to this point on the edge of a corn field.
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* [[2015-07-11_39_-89|2015-07-11]]: [[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] and [[User:Dolphintreasure|Dolphintreasure]] in an empty lot in Springfield.
 
* [[2015-07-06 39 -89|2015-07-06]]: [[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] biked to this hash in the median of Veterans Parkway in Springfield.
 
* [[2015-07-06 39 -89|2015-07-06]]: [[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] biked to this hash in the median of Veterans Parkway in Springfield.
 
* [[2015-06-23 39 -89|2015-06-23]]: [[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] biked to this point on the edge of a corn field.
 
* [[2015-06-23 39 -89|2015-06-23]]: [[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] biked to this point on the edge of a corn field.
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* On [[2009-04-06 39 -89 | 2009-04-06]], [[user:gigahz83 | Nathan]] was the first to reach a hash point in this graticule, which earns him the [[Virgin Graticule]] Achievement.
 
* On [[2009-04-06 39 -89 | 2009-04-06]], [[user:gigahz83 | Nathan]] was the first to reach a hash point in this graticule, which earns him the [[Virgin Graticule]] Achievement.
  
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* [[user:gigahz83 | Nathan]] has completed a geohash here, although he is not <i>from</i> this graticule.
 
* [[user:gigahz83 | Nathan]] has completed a geohash here, although he is not <i>from</i> this graticule.
* [[user:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] and [[User:Dolphintreasure|DolphinTreasure]] recently moved to this graticule.
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* [[user:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] and [[User:Dolphintreasure|DolphinTreasure]] no longer reside in this graticule.
  
 
[[Category:Illinois]]
 
[[Category:Illinois]]
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Latest revision as of 03:45, 20 March 2024

Galesburg Peoria Champaign/Urbana
Jacksonville Springfield Decatur
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Today's location: not yet announced

For other places called Springfield, go here.
Springfield IL.JPG

About

The Springfield, Illinois graticule is located at latitude 39, longitude -89.

Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and with a population of 116,250 as of the 2010 census, is the largest city in central Illinois. Springfield is perhaps most famous for being the home of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, from 1837 to 1861. The graticule is mostly rural farmland, but also includes the towns of Taylorville, Carlinville, and Litchfield, as well as parts of Decatur and Vandalia.

Expeditions

Notable Events

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Nathan earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (39, -89) graticule, here, on 2009-04-06.

Local Geohashers