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Lincoln, Illinois
Lincoln
is a city in
Logan County
,
Illinois
,
United States
. It is the only town in the
United States
that was named for
Abraham Lincoln
before he became
president
; he practiced law there from 1847 to 1859. First settled in the 1830s, Lincoln is home to three
colleges
and two prisons. The three colleges are
Lincoln College
,
Lincoln Christian University
, and
Heartland Community College
. It is also the home of the world's largest
covered wagon
.
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