Jacksonville, ILL., the county-seat of Morgan co., 34 mi. w. of Springfield, on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the Wabash and other railroads. The Illinois College, which was founded here in 1829, is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. It has absorbed Jacksonville Female Academy and also includes the Whipple Academy and a conservatory of music. The city is the seat of the Illinois Woman's College and of state institutions for the insane, the blind and the deaf and dumb; also of a Carnegie public library, two hospitals, a park and county fair grounds. Other prominent buildings are the city hall, the courthouse and the high school. The industries include railroad shops and wool, flour and paper mills, and there are also considerable exports of live stock. The place was settled as the county-seat about 1825 and was incorporated as a city in 1867. Population in 1910, 15,326.