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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Mattoon

 
Clickable Map of Coles County, Illinois and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Coles County, IL (45) Clark County, IL (35) Cumberland County, IL (14) Douglas County, IL (5) Edgar County, IL (20) Moultrie County, IL (6) Shelby County, IL (22)  ColesCounty(45) Coles County (45)  ClarkCounty(35) Clark County (35)  CumberlandCounty(14) Cumberland County (14)  DouglasCounty(5) Douglas County (5)  EdgarCounty(20) Edgar County (20)  MoultrieCounty(6) Moultrie County (6)  ShelbyCounty(22) Shelby County (22)
Charleston is the county seat for Coles County
Mattoon is in Coles County
Coles County (45)  ►
ADJACENT TO COLES COUNTY
Clark County (35)  ►
Cumberland County (14)  ►
Douglas County (5)  ►
Edgar County (20)  ►
Moultrie County (6)  ►
Shelby County (22)  ►
 
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1 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — 21st Illinois Infantry — 1861-1866 —
2 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — 79th Illinois Infantry — 1862-1865 —
3 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — 123rd Illinois Infantry — 1862-1865 —
4 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — 135th Illinois Infantry — 1864 —
5 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — 143rd Illinois Infantry — 1864 —
6 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District — Shelby / Coles Counties — County Line Marker —
7 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Building Community —
8 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Civility —
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9 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Confederate Operatives In Mattoon —
10 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — The Early Days —
11 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — An Emerging Center —
12 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — General U. S Grant took Command —
13 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — In the National Spotlight —
14 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant —
15 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Lincoln Farm — 1831-1834 —
16 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Lincoln's Last Visit / The Debaters in Mattoon — Looking for Lincoln — 1861/1858 —
17 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Mattoon's Union Agricultural Fairgrounds and Civil War Camp Grant —
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18 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Postwar Ups and Downs —
19 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Site of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church —
20 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Site of The Village of Richmond — Founded August 27, 1836 —
21 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Surviving Hard Times —
22 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Vietnam War Memorial —
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026