IL American plate atlas
Illinois
The Prairie State
Meet the plate, people, places, and stories behind one of the road-trip game’s fifty-one essential finds.
Capital
SpringfieldState bird
Northern cardinalJoined the Union
December 3, 181801
A quick trip through time
The Illinois story
Illinois links Great Lakes industry, rich prairie farmland, Mississippi River towns, Abraham Lincoln history, and Chicago’s enormous influence on architecture, commerce, and culture.
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Bumper-sized history
About the plate
Illinois plates often reference Abraham Lincoln or the Land of Lincoln slogan. Chicago traffic helps send them onto highways in every direction.