Charleston, IL, USA

Latitude and longitude coordinates are: 39.491936, -88.185867.

Charleston is a city and the seat of Coles County in west-central Illinois, United States, located 12 miles east of Mattoon, 140 miles northeast of St. Louis, and 121 miles southwest of Indianapolis. The area was inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years before the Europeans came. Nicknamed "Chucktown", Charleston is home to Eastern Illinois University and a campus of Lakeview College of Nursing. It is also one of the principal cities of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city was founded by Benjamin Parker in 1831, named for Charles Morton, and incorporated in 1865. Points of interest in the city include Charleston Carnegie Public Library, Booth Library, Lincoln Douglas Debate Museum, Fox Ridge State Park, O‘Brien Field, Daum Amphitheater, and Tarble Arts Center. Coles County Memorial Airport serves the area.

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Charleston, IL, USA Lat Long Coordinates Info

The latitude of Charleston, IL, USA is 39.491936, and the longitude is -88.185867. Charleston, IL, USA is located at United States country in the Cities place category with the gps coordinates of 39° 29' 30.9696'' N and 88° 11' 9.1212'' W.