About Southeastern Illinois College

Southeastern Illinois College is a public community assistant professor between Harrisburg and Equality in Saline County, Illinois. The bookish was founded in 1960 and offers member degrees. A auxiliary campus, the David L. Stanley White County Center, is in Carmi, White County. Approximately 5,000 students enroll each year. Usage of their symbols is currently not allowed on Wikipedia.

Harrisburg (/ˈhærɪsbɜːrɡ, ˈhɛərz-/) is a city in and the county chair of Saline County, Illinois, United States. It is located virtually 57 miles (92 kilometers) southwest of Evansville, Indiana and 111 mi (179 km) southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. The 2010 population was 9,017, and the surrounding Harrisburg Township had a population of 10,790, including the city residents. Harrisburg is included in the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state Place and is the principal city in the Harrisburg Micropolitan Statistical Area considering a mass population of 24,913.

Located at the concurrency of U.S. Route 45, Illinois Route 13, Illinois Route 145, and Illinois Route 34, Harrisburg is known as the “Gateway to the Shawnee National Forest”, and is also known for the Ohio River flood of 1937, the outmoded Crenshaw House (also known as the Old Slave House), the Tuttle Bottoms Monster, prohibition-era gangster Charlie Birger, and the 2012 EF4 tornado. A Cairo and Vincennes Railroad boomtown, the city was one of the leading bituminous coal mining distribution hubs of the American Midwest amongst 1900 and 1937.

At its peak, Harrisburg had a population that reached 16,000 by the to the lead 1930s. The city had one of the largest downtown districts in Southern Illinois. The city was the 20th-most populated city in Illinois outdoor the Chicago Metropolitan Area and the most-populous city in Southern Illinois external the Metro East in 1930. However, the city has seen an economic halt due to the decreased request for high-sulfur coal, the removal of the New York Central railroad, and tributary lowlands leaving behind much area around the city unfit for growth due to flood risks.