Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District Champaign/Piatt County Line Marker — Mahomet, IL
Posted by: adgorn
N 40° 07.475 W 088° 27.800
16T E 375314 N 4442610
The "border marker" for Piatt and Champaign Counties along the Eighth Judicial District Circuit route that Lincoln traveled with his fellow lawyers to conduct legal duties.
Waymark Code: WMQZ29
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2016
Views: 3
Inscription:
Abraham Lincoln
Traveled this way as he rode
the Circuit of the
Eighth Judicial District
1847 - 1859
Erected 1922
(by the Lincoln Circuit Marking Association and the Daughters of the American Revolution)
Here's a great website to learn more about Lincoln, his circuit riding and the monuments to it: (
visit link)
Near Interstate 72, but a nice quiet location.
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