Mattoon, Illinois

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Mattoon, Illinois is a small city in east-central Illinois known historically as a regional railroad hub and for its agricultural and manufacturing economy.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
climateClassification humid continental climate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countrySubdivision Illinois
surface form: State of Illinois
demographicRegion Midwestern United States
economyType agriculture
manufacturing
governmentType mayor–council government
hasAirport Coles County Memorial Airport
hasAreaCode 217
447
hasEducationalInstitution Lake Land College (nearby)
hasFIPSCode 17-47413
hasGNISFeatureID 2395092
hasHighSchool Mattoon High School
hasHistoricEvent site of a 1940s polio outbreak investigation (Mattoon case)
hasLocalGovernment Mattoon, Illinois self-linksurface differs
surface form: City of Mattoon
hasMajorEmployer agricultural processing companies
manufacturing firms
hasNewspaper Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
hasNickname Bagel Capital of the World
hasOfficialWebsite https://mattoon.illinois.gov/
hasPark Lytle Park
Peterson Park
hasPostalCode 61938
hasPublicLibrary Mattoon Public Library
hasRailService Amtrak
hasRailStation Mattoon Amtrak station
hasUTCOffset UTC−06:00
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−05:00
isCountySeatOf none (not a county seat)
isPartOf United States Midwest
knownFor agricultural economy
manufacturing economy
railroad hub
locatedIn Coles County, Illinois
Illinois
locatedInRegion east-central Illinois
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
locatedNear Charleston, Illinois
Lake Mattoon
locatedNearHighway Illinois Route 16
Interstate 57 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 45
locatedOn Illinois Central Railroad
surface form: Illinois Central Railroad (historical)
partOf Coles County, Illinois
transportationRole regional railroad hub

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mattoon, Illinois
Description of subject: Mattoon, Illinois is a small city in east-central Illinois known historically as a regional railroad hub and for its agricultural and manufacturing economy.

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Illinois hasMajorCity Mattoon, Illinois
Central Illinois contains Mattoon, Illinois
Amtrak City of New Orleans route servesCity Mattoon, Illinois
Mattoon, Illinois hasLocalGovernment Mattoon, Illinois self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: City of Mattoon
Arland D. Williams Jr. placeOfBirth Mattoon, Illinois
this entity surface form: Mattoon, Illinois, United States
Coles County, Illinois contains Mattoon, Illinois
Coles County, Illinois hasMajorCity Mattoon, Illinois
Charleston hasNeighboringCity Mattoon, Illinois
subject surface form: Charleston, Illinois