Sangamon
[sang-guh-muh n]
- the third interglacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, after the Illinoian glacial stage and before the Wisconsin.
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Origin of Sangamon
First recorded in 1930–35; after Sangamon County, Ill.
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Historical Examples
Many are the stories of the remarkable Sangamon campaign in 1836.
The Story of Young Abraham LincolnWayne Whipple
They had read a little book called The Country of the Sangamon.
Raoul let his gaze travel over the other Sangamon County men.
ShamanRobert Shea
He'd wasted enough words on this walking skeleton from Sangamon County.
ShamanRobert Shea
The County of Sangamon, where he lived, was entitled to four representatives.
A Treasury of Heroes and HeroinesClayton Edwards