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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 266 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MACOMB , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of McDonough county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., in the W. See also:part of the See also:state, about 6o m. S.W. of See also:Peoria. Pop. (1890), 4052; (1900), 5375 (232 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910), 5774. Macomb is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Burlington - & See also:Quincy, and the Macomb & Western Illinois See also:railways. The city is the seat of the Western Illinois state normal school (opened in 1902), and has a See also:Carnegie library and a city See also:park. See also:Clay is found in the vicinity, and there are manufactures of pottery, bricks, &c. The city was founded in 1830 as the county-seat of McDonough county, and was called See also:Washington by the settlers, but the See also:charter of See also:incorporation, also granted in 1830, gave it the See also:present name in See also:honour of See also:General See also:Alexander Macomb. Macomb was first chartered as a city in 1856.

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