Coles County Memorial Airport

Lafayette Township is one of twelve townships in Coles County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,765 and it contained 2,240 housing units. The Coles County Memorial Airport is located in this township.

Loxa is an unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois, United States. Loxa is located north of Illinois Route 16, halfway between Charleston and Mattoon. The community may have been named for Loja, Granada, Spain or a shortening of Loxahatchee, Florida.

The Douglas-Hart Nature Center, located in Mattoon, Illinois, is a nature reserve that offers visitors different Illinois habitats, field programs, environmental educational classes, and volunteer opportunities for all ages. In the 1960s Helen Douglas-Hart made her dream, a 33-acre nature preserve in Coles County, Illinois, a reality. Today, DHNC provides protection for three of Illinois primary habitats: tall grass prairie, native forest woodlands, and wetlands, on approximately 70 acres. There are two miles of trails that pass through each local habitat.

Newby is an unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois, United States. Newby is 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Mattoon.

Lerna is a village in Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 226 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area. Thomas Lincoln, father of President Abraham Lincoln, spent the later part of his life on a homestead a few miles away, preserved today as the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site. Thomas Lincoln and his second wife Sarah Bush Lincoln are buried in Shiloh Cemetery south of town.

Jones is an unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois, United States. Jones is 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Mattoon.

Cross County Mall is a shopping mall in Mattoon, Illinois, U.S. It was opened in 1971 with JCPenney, G. C. Murphy, IGA, Arlan's, and Myers Brothers, with Sears joining in 1972. Following the closure of Arlan's in 1973, the space became Kmart one year later. G. C. Murphy became Meis, Elder-Beerman, and then Carson's, while Kmart moved out of the mall in 1993 and became a larger Sears store. The Sears closed in 2014 and became a Rural King in 2019. Following the closures of Carson's and JCPenney in 2018 and 2020 respectively, the mall's anchors are Rural King, Marshalls, Jo-Ann Fabrics, and Dunham's Sports. Rural King also owns the mall.

Coles County is a county in Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,863. Its county seat is Charleston, which is also the home of Eastern Illinois University. Coles County is part of the Charleston–Mattoon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The Lumpkin Heights and Elm Ridge Subdivision Historic District is a residential historic district in Mattoon, Illinois. The district encompasses the Lumpkin Heights and Elm Ridge Subdivision neighborhoods in eastern Mattoon. Lumpkin Heights was originally developed as Lafayette Heights in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and it only became known by its current name after further development in the mid-twentieth century. The Elm Ridge Subdivision was developed entirely within the mid-twentieth century. The original Lafayette Heights section of the district includes examples of many popular architectural styles from the time of its development, with several examples of Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and American Craftsman designs. The remainder of the district exhibits trends common in post-World War II residential development, including several Modernist designs, Ranch-style houses, and prefabricated homes.The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 26, 2017.

Pleasant Grove Township is one of twelve townships in Coles County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,227 and it contained 584 housing units.

Mattoon ( MAT-toon) is a city in Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 16,870 as of the 2020 census. The city is home to Lake Land College and has close ties with its neighbor, Charleston. Both are principal cities of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area.

WWGO (92.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic rock format. Licensed to Charleston, Illinois, the station is owned by Cromwell Radio Group, through licensee The Cromwell Group, Inc. of Illinois.