Terre Haute, Illinois | |
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| Coordinates: 40°39′59″N90°58′53″W / 40.66639°N 90.98139°W Coordinates: 40°39′59″N90°58′53″W / 40.66639°N 90.98139°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Illinois |
| County | Henderson County |
| Township | Terre Haute Township |
| Elevation | 217 m (712 ft) |
| ZIP code | 61454 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0419604 [1] |
Terre Haute is an unincorporated community in Terre Haute Township, Henderson County, Illinois, United States.
Vigo County is a county on the western border of the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 105,994. Its county seat is Terre Haute.
Terre Haute is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943.
The Wea were a Miami-Illinois-speaking Native American tribe originally located in western Indiana. Historically, they were described as either being closely related to the Miami Tribe or a sub-tribe of Miami.
The Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League was a Minor League Baseball organization that operated for the better part of 60 seasons, with teams based in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin. The league began play in 1901 and disbanded after the 1961 season. It was popularly known as the Three–I League and sometimes as the Three–Eye League.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago to southern Illinois, St. Louis, and Evansville. Founded in 1877, it grew aggressively and stayed relatively strong throughout the Great Depression and two World Wars before finally being purchased by the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N). Missouri Pacific merged with the C&EI corporate entity in 1976, and was later acquired itself by the Union Pacific Railroad.
The Wabash Valley is a region located in sections of both Illinois and Indiana. It is named for the Wabash River and, as the name is typically used, spans the middle to the middle-lower portion of the river's valley and is centered at Terre Haute, Indiana. The term Wabash Valley is frequently used in local media in Clinton, Lafayette, Mount Carmel, Princeton, Terre Haute, and Vincennes all of which are either on or near the Lower Wabash River.
The Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad Company was Evansville, Indiana's first railroad company. It was first chartered in 1853 by William D. Griswold, a lawyer in Terre Haute, Indiana. It was renamed Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad in 1877. It went on to be consolidated without railroads of the region into the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad. Chauncey Rose was a key player in financing its construction.
The Tribune-Star is a seven-day morning daily newspaper based in Terre Haute, Indiana, covering the Wabash Valley area of Indiana and Illinois. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings.
Chauncey Rose was a successful American businessman of the 19th century.
The St. Louis Line Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Indiana and Illinois. The line runs from Indianapolis, Indiana, west-southwesterly to East St. Louis, Illinois, along a former Conrail line, partly former New York Central Railroad trackage and partly former Pennsylvania Railroad trackage.
U.S. Route 41 (US 41) in the state of Indiana is a north–south US Highway that is parallel to the Illinois state line. It enters the state south of Evansville as a four-lane divided highway passing around Vincennes and traveling north to Terre Haute. In Terre Haute, it is known as 3rd Street. North of Terre Haute, it hooks east and becomes a two-lane surface road. Those wanting to stay on a four-lane divided highway can use State Road 63 to the west. It passes through Rockville, Veedersburg, and Attica before returning to a four-lane divided highway when SR 63 terminates in Warren County. It remains a four-lane divided highway until Lake County, where it becomes a main road known as Indianapolis Boulevard. It overlaps US 12 and US 20 in Hammond and exits Indiana into the South Side of Chicago.
Terre Haute Township is one of eleven townships in Henderson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 263 and it contained 122 housing units.
Joseph Verdi Graff was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Fred Wampler was an American World War II and Korean War veteran who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1959 to 1961.
The Robinson Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1968 to 1973. It was played at the Crawford County Country Club in Robinson, Illinois.
Ralph Oscar Yeager, AIA, was an American architect who worked in Indiana. He was a partner in the Terre Haute, Indiana architectural firm of Miller & Yeager and the Indianapolis, Indiana architectural firm of Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager.
Memorial Stadium is the current home of the Indiana State Sycamores football and soccer section in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. The stadium was renovated between 1967 and 1969; it was built to host professional minor league baseball; the Indiana State football team began playing there in 1949.
The Vandalia Railroad Company was incorporated January 1, 1905, by a merger of several lines in Indiana and Illinois that formed a 471-mile railroad consisting of lines mostly west of Indianapolis.
The 1967 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as independent during the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled a record of 5–5. Northern Illinois played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.
The 1951 Indiana State Sycamores football team was an American football team that represented Indiana State Teachers College—now known as Indiana State University—as a member of the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Mark Dean, the Sycamores compiled an overall record of 0–6–1 with a mark of 0–3–1 in conference play, placing fifth in the ICC.
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