Forgottonia (/ˈfɔːrɡɒˌtoʊniə/), also spelled Forgotonia, is the name given to a 16-county region in Western Illinois in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
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area Chicago metropolitan area Collar counties Corn Belt Driftless Area Forgottonia Fox Valley Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area Metro East Metro...
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in Chicago Fox Valley The Collar Counties North Shore Driftless Area Forgottonia Metro-East American Bottom River Bend Metro Lakeland Military Tract of...
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Beardstown and Burlington. When citizens of McDonough County organized the Forgottonia secession movement in the 1970s, Fandon was named its capital. In 2011...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Clark Bridge in Alton, passing through Jerseyville, then through the Forgottonia region of western Illinois. It runs near the cities of Jacksonville,...
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at Western Illinois University to declare 16 counties the Republic of Forgottonia. Although the declaration was meant to be a joke, the secession idea...
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cities such as Springfield, the state capital, are located "downstate". Forgottonia "Building Permits Rise 11%". Chicago Tribune. December 5, 1987. "They...
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