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Sangamon River
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Sangamon River
The
Sangamon River
is a principal
tributary
of the
Illinois River
, approximately long, in central
Illinois
in the
United States
. It drains a mostly rural
agricultural
area between
Peoria
and
Springfield
. The river is associated with the early career of
Abraham Lincoln
and played an important role in the early white settlement of Illinois, when the area around was known as the "Sangamon River Country". The section of the Sangamon River that flows through
Robert Allerton Park
near
Monticello
was named a
National Natural Landmark
in 1971.
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