Forgottonia (/ˈfɔːrɡɒˌtoʊniə/), also spelled Forgotonia, is the name given to a 16-county region in Western Illinois in the late 1960s and early 1970s...

area Chicago metropolitan area Collar counties Corn Belt Driftless Area Forgottonia Fox Valley Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area Metro East Metro...

in Chicago Fox Valley The Collar Counties North Shore Driftless Area Forgottonia Metro-East American Bottom River Bend Metro Lakeland Military Tract of...

and voted on and accepted by the city of Key West City Commissioners. Forgottonia, a secessionist movement in Illinois in the 1970s Maritime Republic of...

Beardstown and Burlington. When citizens of McDonough County organized the Forgottonia secession movement in the 1970s, Fandon was named its capital. In 2011...

secession of sixteen counties in Western Illinois to form the state of Forgottonia, with its capital in the small hamlet of Fandon. Michigan: The secession...

of rural Illinois, although Gore retained a number of counties in the Forgottonia region that had begun going Democratic in 1988. Gore also did well in...

Clark Bridge in Alton, passing through Jerseyville, then through the Forgottonia region of western Illinois. It runs near the cities of Jacksonville,...

distinctly Midwestern character. West-Central Illinois is also known as Forgottonia. The area is also at the heart of one the most famous rivalries in American...

well. Springfield, the state capital, is located in Downstate Illinois. Forgottonia "Building Permits Rise 11%". Chicago Tribune. December 5, 1987. "They...