Effingham

Historical marker location:

198 E Jefferson Ave, Effingham, Illinois

( Marker is on East Jefferson Avenue west of South 3rd Street (U.S. 45), on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2015

Crossroads of Opportunity.

Abraham Lincoln, one of the most famous presidents in U.S. history, spent much of his early political career in Illinois. He served in the Illinois state legislature and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois in 1846.