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MATTOON , a city of Coles county, Illinois
east
part
south
east
census ) 11,456. It is served by the Illinois
Cleveland
city has a public library, a Methodist Episcopal Hospital
Home , the last supported by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mattoon is an important shipping point for Indian corn and broom corn, extensively grown in the vicinity, and for fruit and livestock. Among its manufactures are foundry and machine shop products, stoves and bricks; in 1905 the factory product was valued at $1,308,78r, an increase of 71.2% over that in 1900. The municipality owns the water-works and an electric lighting plant. Mattoon was first settled about 18J5, was named in honour of William Mattoon, an early landowner, was first chartered as a city in 1857, and was re-organized under a general state law in 1879.End of Article: MATTOON If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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