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Forgottonia (also spelled Forgotonia) is the name given to a 14 county region in western Illinois in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This geographic region forms the distinctive western bulge of Illinois that is roughly equivalent to 'The Tract", the Illinois portion of the Military Tract of 1812, along and west of the Fourth Principal meridian. Since this region lies between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, it is somewhat isolated (river bridge access) from central and eastern Illinois. See Illinois River bridges
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Origin

Forgottonia represented a protest against inequalities in state and Federal funding of infrastructure (e.g. transportation) and economic development in the region. Carthage College, in Hancock County, relocated its educational campus to Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1964. Federal highway bills that included funding for a Chicago-to-Kansas City expressway that would have passed through the heart of this region were defeated in the US Congress in 1968 and again in 1972. These congressional actions as well as an exodus of the region's population, after 1970, were significant catalysts for protests by residents. Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal The government of the United States of America, established by the U.S. Constitution, is... Carthage College Carthage College is a big weiner college that is private and lame liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. ...

Variously described as a new U.S. state or an independent republic, Forgottonia eventually became a fictional political secession movement in the early 1970s conceived by residents of McDonough County, in the heart of this region. Western Illinois University student Neil Gamm was named governor, and the hamlet of Fandon near Colchester was to be Forgottonia's capitol. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties/Parishes/Boroughs, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... Forms of government Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box: A republic is a form of government maintained by a state or country whose sovereignty is based on popular consent and whose governance is based on popular representation and control. ... For other uses, see Secession (disambiguation). ... McDonough County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Western Illinois University is a public university founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. ... For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ... Colchester is a city located in McDonough County, Illinois. ... For other uses, see Capitol (disambiguation). ...

Due to the loss of train service in 1971, with the creation of Amtrak, the State of Illinois intervened at the request of the region's residents, Quincy University, and Western Illinois University. This became part of the 1971 "Illinois Service" initative and is partially funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The Illinois Service consists of four train routes operated by Amtrak to provide frequent daily passenger rail service between Chicago and other cities in the state of Illinois (plus additional cities in neighboring Missouri). ... The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is a state agency in charge of maintaining public roadways of the U.S. state of Illinois. ...

In 2006, the Illinois’ partnership with Amtrak will include an additional daily train service on the Chicago-Quincy line (BNSF/old CB&Q Chicago - Quincy main line). This service expansion is part of the state-sponsorship for increasing round-trip train service between Chicago and downstate cities from three daily to seven daily schedules. The new Carl Sandburg train will join the existing Illinois Zephyr train serving the western region of Illinois (train stops at Kewanee, Galesburg, Macomb, Quincy).

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Carlisle's (1999) list of 14 Forgottonia counties:

The unincorporated village of Bernadotte, in Fulton County, which is four miles north of Ipava on the Spoon River, has the distinction of having once been considered as the site for the capital of Illinois, prior to the capital being located at Vandalia in 1820. Vandalia was selected over Bernadotte by the difference of one vote. Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Brown County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Cass County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Hancock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Henderson County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Knox County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... McDonough County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Morgan County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Pike County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Schuyler County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Scott County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Warren County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Bernadotte Coast of Arms Bernadotte is an unincorporated village located in Fulton County, Illinois. ... Ipava is a village located in Fulton County, Illinois. ...

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Regions	American Bottom \| Central Illinois \| Champaign‑Urbana \| Chicagoland \| Coulee Region \| Forgottonia \| Fox Valley \| Little Egypt \| Northern Illinois \| Northwestern Illinois \| Quad Cities \| River Bend \| St. Louis Metro‑East \| Wabash Valley This list of regions of the United States includes official (governmental) and non-official areas within the borders of the United States, not including U.S. states, the federal district of Washington, D.C. or standard subentities such as cities or counties. ... The American Bottom is a flood plain of the Mississippi River in southwestern Illinois, extending from Alton, Illinois, to the Kaskaskia River. ... Central Illinois is a region that consists of the entire central part of Illinois. ... The Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area, also known as Champaign-Urbana, is a region in east central Illinois. ... Chicagoland is an informal name for the Chicago metropolitan area, used primarily by copywriters, advertising agencies, native residents, and traffic reporters. ... // The Coulee Region, as it is colloquially known (officially designated the Driftless Area by the USGS and popularly referred to as the Driftless Zone, or Driftless Region since the 1980s) is an area of about 20,000 square miles (52,000 kmÂ²) in western Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, and... Fox Valley The Fox Valley is a region within Illinois and Wisconsin that borders Chicagoland. ... The Little Egypt region of Illinois Little Egypt is the southern area of the state of Illinois in the United States of America. ... For the university, see Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois is a region generally covering the northern third of the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Northwestern Illinois is a geographic region of the state of Illinois within the USA. Northwestern Illinois is generally considered to consist of the following area: Jo Daviess County, Carroll County, Whiteside County, Stephenson County, Winnebago County, Ogle County, and Lee County. ... The I-74 Bridge, connecting Bettendorf, Iowa and Moline, Illinois is located near the geographic center of the Quad Cities. ... The River Bend is a small region in central Illinois that comprises parts of 3 counties: Madison, Calhoun, and Jersey. ... Metro-East is a region in Illinois that comprises the eastern suburbs St. ... The Wabash Valley is a region with parts in both Illinois and Indiana. ...
Major cities	Aurora \| Belleville \| Bloomington/Normal \| Carbondale \| Champaign/Urbana \| Chicago \| Danville \| Decatur \| DeKalb \| East St. Louis \| Elgin \| Freeport \| Galesburg \| Joliet \| Kankakee \| Moline/Rock Island \| Naperville \| Peoria \| Quincy \| Rockford \| Springfield \| Waukegan List of cities in Illinois, arranged in alphabetical order. ... Nickname: City of Lights Location in Chicagoland Country United States State Illinois Counties Kane, DuPage, Kendall and Will - Mayor Tom Weisner (D) Area - City 39. ... Belleville is a city in St. ... location in McLean County, Illinois Coordinates: Founded 1822 Incorporated Dec. ... Normal is an incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. ... Carbondale is a city in Southern Illinois in the midwest United States, about one hour north of Cairo. ... This article is about the Illinois city Champaign. ... A snowy day in Carle Park west of the Urbana High School. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ... United States Illinois Vermilion 17. ... The Decatur Transfer House in the background with a newly completed fountain in the foreground. ... DeKalb is a city located in DeKalb County, Illinois. ... East St. ... Incorporated City in 1854. ... Lincoln-Douglas debates monument, near downtown Freeport. ... Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, in the United States. ... Incorporated City in 1834. ... Kankakee is a city in Kankakee County, Illinois, in the United States. ... Moline is a city in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. ... Rock Island is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois. ... Incorporated City in 1890. ... : See how it plays in Peoria United States Illinois Peoria 46. ... Nickname: Gem City Location in Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois Counties Adams County, Illinois Government - Mayor John A. Spring Area - City 14. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... : Home of President Abraham Lincoln United States Illinois Sangamon 60. ... Waukegan is a city in Lake County, Illinois, of which it is the county seat. ...
Counties	ty%2C-Illinois" onmouseover="pv(event, 105)" onmouseout="unpv(105)" style="">Adams \| Alexander \| Bond \| Boone \| Brown \| Bureau \| Calhoun \| Carroll \| Cass \| Champaign \| Christian \| Clark \| Clay \| Clinton \| Coles \| Cook \| Crawford \| Cumberland \| DeKalb \| DeWitt \| Douglas \| DuPage \| Edgar \| Edwards \| Effingham \| Fayette \| Ford \| Franklin \| Fulton \| Gallatin \| Greene \| Grundy \| Hamilton \| Hancock \| Hardin \| Henderson \| Henry \| Iroquois \| Jackson \| Jasper \| Jefferson \| Jersey \| Jo Daviess \| Johnson \| Kane \| Kankakee \| Kendall \| Knox \| LaSalle \| Lake \| Lawrence \| Lee \| Livingston \| Logan \| Macon \| Macoupin \| Madison \| Marion \| Marshall \| Mason \| Massac \| McDonough \| McHenry \| McLean \| Menard \| Mercer \| Monroe \| Montgomery \| Morgan \| Moultrie \| Ogle \| Peoria \| Perry \| Piatt \| Pike \| Pope \| Pulaski \| Putnam \| Randolph \| Richland \| Rock Island \| Saline \| Sangamon \| Schuyler \| Scott \| Shelby \| St. Clair \| Stark \| Stephenson \| Tazewell \| Union \| Vermilion \| Wabash \| Warren \| Washington \| Wayne \| White \| Whiteside \| Will \| Williamson \| Winnebago \| Woodford Listed are the 102 counties of the state of Illinois. ... Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Alexander County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Bond County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Boone County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Brown County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Bureau County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Carroll County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Cass County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Champaign County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Christian County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Clark County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois, and determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1950. ... Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois, and determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1960. ... Coles County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Cook County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Crawford County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Location in the state of Illinois Formed 1836 Seat Sycamore Area - Total - Water 1,645 kmÂ² (634 miÂ²) 2 kmÂ² (1 miÂ²) 0. ... DeWitt County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Douglas County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... DuPage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Founded 1823 County Seat Paris Area â€¢ Total â€¢ Water 1,617 kmÂ² (624 miÂ²) 2 kmÂ² (1 miÂ²) = 0. ... Edwards County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Effingham County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Fayette County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Ford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Gallatin County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Greene County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Grundy County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Hamilton County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Hancock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Hardin County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Henderson County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Henry County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Iroquois County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Jackson County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Jasper County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Jo Daviess County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Johnson County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Location in the state of Illinois Formed January 16, 1836 Seat Geneva Area - Total - Water 1,357 kmÂ² (524 miÂ²) 9 kmÂ² (4 miÂ²) 0. ... Kankakee County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Kendall County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Knox County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... LaSalle County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Lawrence County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Lee County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Livingston County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Macon County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Macoupin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Madison County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Marshall County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Mason County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Massac County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... McDonough County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... McHenry County is located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... McLean County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Menard County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Mercer County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Monroe County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Montgomery County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Morgan County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Moultrie County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Ogle County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Peoria County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Perry County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Piatt County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Pike County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Pope County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Pulaski County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Putnam County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Randolph County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Richland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Rock Island County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Saline County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Sangamon County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Schuyler County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Scott County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Shelby County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... St. ... Stark County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Stephenson County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Tazewell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Union County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Vermilion County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Wabash County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Warren County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Washington County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Wayne County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... White County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Whiteside County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Will County is a county located in the northern part of the state of Illinois. ... Williamson County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Winnebago County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Woodford County is a county located in the state of Illinois, USA. As of 2000, the population is 35,469. ...

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Carlisle's (1999) list of 14 Forgottonia counties:

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