Commercial State Bank

Historical marker location:

101 South Main Street, Waterloo, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street and West Mill Street, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street.)

Marker installed: 2019

101 South Main. Waterloo, Monroe Co., Ill., Laid out in 1818.

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.