Charleston, Illinois

E501078

city municipality

Charleston, Illinois is a small city in east-central Illinois best known as the home of Eastern Illinois University and its surrounding college-town community.

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Label	Occurrences
Charleston, Illinois canonical	18

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
areaCode	217 ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Coles County NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic	significant student population ⓘ
distanceTo	about 120 miles west of Indianapolis, Indiana ⓘ about 180 miles south of Chicago, Illinois ⓘ about 50 miles south of Champaign, Illinois ⓘ
elevation	approximately 722 feet ⓘ
foundedIn	1830s ⓘ
governingBody	City of Charleston government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicCharacteristic	college-town economy ⓘ
hasEconomicSector	higher education ⓘ retail and services ⓘ
hasFeature	college-town community atmosphere ⓘ residential neighborhoods surrounding university ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasLandmark	Coles County Courthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Illinois University campus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLibrary	Charleston Carnegie Public Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyAirport	Coles County Memorial Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNickname	Chucktown NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableEvent	Lincoln–Douglas debate site (nearby Coles County) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasParkSystem	Charleston Parks and Recreation Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPopulation	approximately 20,000 (city) ⓘ approximately 30,000 (metro area, rough) ⓘ
hasPublicSchoolDistrict	Charleston Community Unit School District 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransportation	Illinois Route 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 45 nearby ⓘ
hasUniversity	Eastern Illinois University NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedAsCityIn	19th century ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Coles County NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Eastern Illinois University NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	east-central Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInWatershed	Embarras River watershed ⓘ
near	Mattoon, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Central Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalCode	61920 ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time

Referenced by (18)

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

Eastern Illinois University → locatedIn → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

Mattoon, Illinois → locatedNear → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

Coles County, Illinois → capital → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

Coles County, Illinois → seat → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

Coles County, Illinois → contains → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

Coles County, Illinois → hasMajorCity → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University → locatedIn → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

Billy the Panther → associatedWith → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

Billy the Panther → locatedInInstitution → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

Panthers → location → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

Lumpkin College of Business and Technology → locatedIn → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

College of Health and Human Services → locatedIn → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

O'Brien Field → locatedIn → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

Lincoln–Douglas debates → locationOfEvent → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

Booth Library → locatedInCity → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

David M. Glassman → workLocation → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences → locatedIn → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Eastern Illinois University)

College of Education → locatedIn → Charleston, Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: College of Education (Eastern Illinois University)