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Carbondale, Illinois
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Carbondale, Illinois
Carbondale
is a city in
Jackson County
,
Illinois
,
United States
, within the
Southern Illinois
region informally known as "Little Egypt". The city developed from 1853 because of the stimulation of railroad construction into the area. Today the major roadways of
Illinois Route 13
and
U.S. Route 51
intersect in the city. The city is southeast of
St. Louis, Missouri
, on the northern edge of the
Shawnee National Forest
. Carbondale is the home of the main campus of
Southern Illinois University
.
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