Lincoln's Courthouse
Lincoln Illinois is a small town in central Illinois. It has a population of a little more than 15000 people. Lincoln is a very peaceful and calm town for the most part, doesn't have much huge crimes happen. Everything in the town is fairly old not much new places. Lincoln hosts the Logan County fair, and the balloon and art festival. It seems to be a nice place to settle down in. You would think that a little over 15000 people wouldn't be considered a small town but if anything really bad or good happens in the town pretty much everyone in town knows about it. It's a very supportive town and a good community overall.
History
In 1852 Logan County was popular for the easy access to the creeks like Kickapoo, salt, and sugar creek. Lincoln was right in the middle of Logan and back then when the were making the main railroad to connect Bloomington and Springfeild which is sixty miles apart the law was you need a water post every 30 miles so they made a stop at Lincoln which made people start migrating to Lincoln. Lincoln was designed around the railroad so all roads were either parallel or straight across of the railroad. Lincoln was and will always be the first town named after Abe Lincoln before he was even president. On August 27, 1853 the business men who bought all the land for Lincoln started selling it that day and about 90 lots of their land was sold that day and was the beginning of Lincoln Illinois.
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Things to do in Lincoln
Parks
There are many things to do in Lincoln. Lincoln has tons of parks like Lathem, Scully, Memorial, Mayfair park, and then two other major parks which are Kickapoo Creek park and Edward R. Madigan State park. Lathem and Scully are both by the square and the court house. Then Memorial park is out in the neighbor of the elks and the Mayfair Park is in the neighbor hood of Mayfair. Then Kickapoo Creek Park is on Lincoln parkway and then Edward R. Madigan is off Route 66 a little outside of Lincoln. Kickapoo is probably the most popular park of Lincoln. Kickapoo's roads are made so you just make a huge circle through the park where you get to see the wilderness of the park, people usually go there to look at deer. In Kickapoo it also has trials where you can go walk through the woods of the park and has swing sets and play grounds to bring family and friends and also has tables to eat at and grills to make food on. So in Lincoln you always have options to go enjoy the outdoors at a nice park.
Recreational Center
In Lincoln you can also go to the Recreational Center where you do plenty of things like lift, swim, golf, take workout classes, take karate classes, play basketball, play tennis, play volleyball, run, and play softball or baseball. You can get passes for the recreational center, their passes are full access pass, circuit passes and track and courts pass. The full access pass gives you access to the weight room, Circuit room, the use of walking and running track and basketball and volleyball courts and the sauna. The circuit pass just lets you access the Circuit room, use of walking and running track and basketball and volleyball courts and the sauna. Then the rack and courts pass only lets you access of walking and running track and basketball and volleyball courts.
Bowling and Movie Theater
Lincoln also has a bowling alley called Logan Lanes where you can bowl play arcade games. It has sixteen lanes and on every Friday and Saturday night they have cosmic bowling. Logan Lanes also has a bar and grill that has food, pool, and virtual golf. They also allow to have birthday parties there if requested. Logan Lanes also has a youth league. Then Lincoln has a movie theater called The movie Lincoln theater 4, it has five big screens to sow five different movies but they are about to add on to the theater or move it next door to where it is now which is on the square on Kickapoo street. The cost for a movie before six is $6.25 for adults and children and the elders its only $6.00. Then for the evening movies its $7.25 for adults, $6.25 for children and $6.00 for elders.
County Fair and Festivals
Then in end of July through the beginning of August is the Logan County Fair which can be really fun with all of its rides and games and great food and it even has a beer tent for those that like to drink. The fair also has a race track so each day its different but will have all sorts of races and contest happening. then in the beginning of fall Lincoln host the balloon and art festival that can be really exciting and fun for the community.
Sports
The biggest sport for Lincoln has always been their high school basketball at Lincoln Community High School . About every year the basketball team is a huge thing for the town just a couple years ago they went to state and got second place. The teams coach is Neil Alexander who is a legend coach in the town of Lincoln, he has brought the basketball team many trophies and tons of wins. If you ever go to one of the home games its pretty crowded because the town loves coming to watch them play and if its a big rival for Lincoln the whole gym will be absolutely packed and full. Lincoln doesn't just have basketball though that's just the most recently successful sport there. Lincoln Community High School also has volleyball, golf, tennis, track, baseball, softball, soccer, wrestling and football. The volleyball team is always got a decent year but always lose when it comes to playoffs and then golf is on and off. So is soccer, baseball, and track. The other sports isn't doing that good like football hasn't won a game for three years in a row, The football team had to just fire half the staff and get new coaches but s far hasn't made any improvements for the team.
Food and Bars
Lincoln has plenty of bars like The Glass House, Rumors, O K Tavern, Mr. Lucky's Goldmine, Chad's Blind, Sportsman Club, Alley Bi, Characters, Odd Fellows, Blue Dog Inn, Logan Lanes, and Idle Hour. Then Lincoln has all sorts of fast food places like every other town like Arby's, Culver's, Steak N' Shake, Wendy's, Taco Bell, McDonald's, Hardee's, Subway, Jimmy Johns. Then Lincoln has some nice restraunts is Cracker Barrel, El maz, Don Panchito, Idle Hour, Hallies and Guzzardo's, Chi's, and first wok express, and Blue Dog.
Blue Dog
Logan County Paramedics
Logan County Paramedic Association is located at 1300 North Postville Drive on the edge of Lincoln. As of right now they consist of approximately 20 EMT's and Paramedics, all in which consist of 4 females. On average they run in between five and nine calls a day, some days more and some days less of course. This particular building has been in it's location for over 10 years, so it is a fairly new, very nice building. They currently house four ambulances, one which is brand new and just went into service this last week. Phone Number-217-732-2212
Lincoln Rural Fire Department
Lincoln Rural Fire was formed in 1949 and is located directly across from Logan County Paramedics on the edge of Lincoln. Lincoln Rural covers approximately 140 square miles within Logan County, this includes Lincoln, Atlanta, Union, Lawndale, Middletown, Beason, Broadwell, Chestnut, Cornland, Elkhart, Emden, Hartsburg, Latham, Mount Pulaski, New Holland, and San Jose. Also in the response area for the Rural Fire Department are 2 Interstate Highways, I-55 & I-155 and 3 State highways, Rte 10, Rte 66, & Rte 121. This particular department is made up of 6 career firefighters and 24 volunteers. They are also a BLS (Basic Life Support) unit, meaning their full time members are EMT-B's and do respond to medicals calls in the county. Phone Number- 217-732-6697
Lincoln City Fire Department
Lincoln City Fire Department is located at 700 Broadway Street in Lincoln, they are responsible for calls within city limits unless called for fires outside of the city. It was built in the 1950's and has not moved since it was first built. For Lincoln, they used to have storm watchers on the top of the fire department, usually the new guys, to watch bad weather in a phone booth. To this day, fifty years later there is still the phone booth on top of this old building. They have about 22 firefighters, all in which are EMT-B's or Paramedics. Phone Number-217-735-4020
Lincoln City Police Department
On April 21, 1870 Lincoln City Police force was started. There are roughly 20-30 officers that work for the City department at this time, only one which is a K-9 unit. They are very similar to that of the fire departments. They are only allowed in the City limits unless stopping a vehicle right outside of the city. They go on around fifteen to twenty calls a day, depending on the day and the time. Some days are very busy while other days are very quiet. Phone Number-217-732-2151
Logan County Sheriffs Department
This department is attached to the Lincoln City Police department, has about fifteen to twenty employees. They are located at 911 Pekin street. They are responsible for the county and surrounding towns the same as that of Lincoln rural fire department. Phone Number-217-732-4159
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital
This hospital just opened this year in a new location of 200 Stahlhut Dr. They are now a 25 critical bed Emergency room. They are attached to the Springfield Clinic as well. They have Physical Therapy, Rehab, Maternity, Hospice and much more. Phone Number- 217-732-2161
