Vandalia, Illinois

E217794

city municipality

Vandalia, Illinois is a historic city that served as an early state capital and a key western terminus of 19th-century transportation routes in Illinois.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Vandalia, Illinois canonical	4
Vandalia	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
areaCode	618 ⓘ
category	Cities in Illinois ⓘ County seats in Illinois ⓘ Former state capitals in the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Fayette County, Illinois ⓘ
economySector	government services ⓘ light manufacturing ⓘ retail trade ⓘ
elevation	approximately 518 feet ⓘ
endTimeAsStateCapital	1839 ⓘ
founded	1819 ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council ⓘ
hasCorrectionalFacility	Vandalia Correctional Center ⓘ
hasHistoricBuilding	Vandalia State House State Historic Site ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Vandalia State House State Historic Site ⓘ surface form: Vandalia Statehouse Historic Site area
hasLandmark	Vandalia State House State Historic Site ⓘ surface form: Vandalia State House
hasMajorHighway	Interstate 70 ⓘ U.S. Route 40 ⓘ U.S. Route 51 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicRole	key 19th-century transportation hub in Illinois ⓘ western terminus of the National Road ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Fayette County, Illinois ⓘ
locatedInRegion	south-central Illinois ⓘ
locatedOnWaterway	Kaskaskia River ⓘ
namedAfter	Vandals ⓘ
nearestLargeCity	Effingham, Illinois ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
populationCensus2020	about 7,000 ⓘ
postalCode	62471 ⓘ
precededByAsStateCapital	Kaskaskia, Illinois ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
role	former state capital of Illinois ⓘ
startTimeAsStateCapital	1819 ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
stateHouseBuilt	1836 ⓘ
stateHouseFunction	Illinois State Capitol ⓘ surface form: Illinois state capitol building
stateHouseStatus	oldest surviving Illinois state capitol building ⓘ
succeededByAsStateCapital	Springfield, Illinois ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time
transportationHistory	terminus of the federally funded National Road in the 19th century ⓘ
wasStateCapitalOf	Illinois ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

National Road → endPoint → Vandalia, Illinois ⓘ

Vandalia, Ohio → namedAfter → Vandalia, Illinois ⓘ

Kaskaskia, Illinois → predecessorCapitalOfIllinois → Vandalia, Illinois ⓘ

Kaskaskia, Illinois → successorCapitalOfIllinois → Vandalia, Illinois ⓘ

Illinois Territory → capital → Vandalia, Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vandalia