Sangamon

[sang-guh-muh n]

noun Geology.

the third interglacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, after the Illinoian glacial stage and before the Wisconsin.

Origin of Sangamon

First recorded in 1930–35; after Sangamon County, Ill.

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Many are the stories of the remarkable Sangamon campaign in 1836.
The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln
Wayne Whipple
They had read a little book called The Country of the Sangamon.
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories
Various
Raoul let his gaze travel over the other Sangamon County men.
Shaman
Robert Shea
He'd wasted enough words on this walking skeleton from Sangamon County.
Shaman
Robert Shea
The County of Sangamon, where he lived, was entitled to four representatives.
A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines
Clayton Edwards