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Vandalia
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city in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Fayette
- Townships
- Vandalia , Bear Grove , Sharon
- Total
- 8.16 sq mi (21.14 km )
- Land
- 8.15 sq mi (21.10 km )
- Water
- 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
- Elevation
- 518 ft (158 m)
- Density
- 915.5/sq mi (353.46/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-77317
- Website
- vandaliaillinois .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Vandalia is a city in and the county seat of Fayette County, Illinois, United States. At the 2020 Census, the population was 7,458. The city is 60 miles (97 km) northeast of the Greater St. Louis area on the Kaskaskia River. In the early 19th century, Vandalia became the western terminus of the National Road (the first federal road) from the East Coast. Vandalia served as the state capital of Illinois from 1819 until 1839, when the seat of state government moved closer to the center of the state in Springfield. Since 1933, the Vandalia State House State Historic Site preserves and interprets the State House capital building and grounds, originally constructed in 1836.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vandalia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.