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Bloomington

Illinois, United States
Also known as: Blooming Grove, Keg Grove
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Bloomington, city, seat (1830) of McLean county, central Illinois, U.S. It is adjacent to Normal (north), about halfway between Chicago and St. Louis, Missouri. The site was settled in 1822 and was known as Keg Grove and later as Blooming Grove for the area’s wildflowers. In 1831 the town was laid out and was renamed Bloomington. In 1856 at Major’s Hall in Bloomington, Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous “lost speech” on slavery during a convention...

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