Effingham, Illinois

== Geography ==
Effingham is located at {{Coord|39|7|15|N|88|32|45|W|type:city}} (39.120903, −88.545909).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Effingham has a total area of {{convert|10.56|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|10.49|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 99.34%) is land and {{convert|0.07|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 0.66%) is water.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web   |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>

Effingham is served by a total of 5 highways, only 2 of them being interstates. [[Interstate 57]] comes into Effingham County with [[Edgewood, Illinois]]. It officially comes into Effingham was a cross [[Directional T interchange]] with [[Interstate 70]] west towards [[St. Louis]]. It runs concurrently with Interstate 57 as it goes through the city's southside exits. It makes its first with W Fayette Avenue and then takes a short curve east and makes a half diamond and half [[partial cloverleaf interchange]] with N Keller Drive and [[Illinois Route 33]]. After the interchange, it makes an interchange with [[U.S. Route 45]] and the concurrency ends with a last [[Directional T interchange]] with Interstate 70. This time, Interstate 70 runs off east towards [[Indianapolis]] making Interstate 57 continue its route towards [[Mattoon, Illinois]], [[Champaign, Illinois]], and finally [[Chicago]].