Wabash Point, Illinois

Magnet is an unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois, United States. Magnet is located along a railroad line south-southwest of Mattoon.

Paradise is an unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois, United States. Paradise is located near the south shore of Lake Paradise, 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southwest of Mattoon.

Lake Paradise is a reservoir on the Little Wabash River in Coles County, Illinois, United States. The reservoir covers an area of 174 acres (0.70 km2). The community of Paradise is located near the lake's southern shore. The Little Wabash River was dammed to create the lake in 1929.

Mattoon Township is one of twelve townships in Coles County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 14,668 and it contained 7,381 housing units.

Paradise Township is one of twelve townships in Coles County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 959 and it contained 599 housing units.

WLKL (89.9 FM, The Max Alternative) is a radio station broadcasting an alternative music format. Licensed to Mattoon, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Mattoon/Neoga area. The station is currently owned by Lake Land College through its licensee Community College District #517.

Mattoon High School is located in Coles County, Mattoon, Illinois, United States. The school mascot is the Green Wave, which represents the waves of corn in the fields surrounding the community of Mattoon.

Lake Land College is a public community college in Mattoon, Illinois. It was founded in 1966. As of the Fall 2022 semester Lake Land serves 3,742 students, mainly from the east-central Illinois region. The 308 acres (1.25 km2) campus has seven major buildings plus eight supportive buildings, two campus ponds, and a 160 acres (0.65 km2) agriculture land laboratory.

The Richard Roytek House is a historic house located at 3420 Richmond Avenue in Mattoon, Illinois. Local businessman Richard Roytek built the house for his family in 1949–50. The house has a ranch style design with Prairie School details; Roytek chose this design after visiting Harlingen, Texas in 1948. The single-story house has the characteristic low profile and gently sloping roof of the ranch style. In addition, the house has large picture windows on its front facade and an attached garage, both common features of ranch-style houses. The house's Prairie School features include its use of wood and stone, its horizontal limestone exterior, its overhanging eaves, and its wide chimney. The house is one of roughly twelve ranch-style houses in Mattoon which predate the city's ranch-style subdivisions developed in the mid-1950s.The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 2011.

Lipsey is an unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois, United States. Lipsey is located along Illinois Route 121 near the western border of Mattoon.

Unity Church, now known as Trinity Episcopal Church, is a historic church located at 2200 Western Avenue in Mattoon, Illinois. Mattoon's Unitarian congregation built the church in 1872. The church was built with red brick with stone decorations and a wooden cornice. A rectangular bell tower stands at the church's southeast corner; the tower is louvered and contains two bells. The church's main entrance is located at the bottom of the tower. The church's nave is on the south side of the church; the nave features a wheel window and a large stained glass window with a wheel and two arches. The top of the nave and bell tower is decorated with corbelled brickwork. Mattoon's Unitarian congregation disbanded in the 1900s, and the church is now occupied by an Episcopal congregationThe church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 19, 1982.

The Mattoon Jewish Community Center is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Mattoon, Illinois, in the United States. It was notable as North America's smallest Reform congregation, when it had four households. In 2022, the congregation expanded to seven households. The congregation's services are held at Wesley United Methodist Church in Charleston.