Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 116,482 (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2006). Over 205,000 residents live in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and adjacent Menard County. The land on which Springfield is located today was first settled in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. One of the city's most important and prominent past residents is Abraham Lincoln, who moved from Indiana to the area in 1831 and lived in Springfield itself from 1837 until 1861. In 1908 a large race riot erupted in the city which culminated with the lynching of two African American residents and is said to have inspired the founding of the NAACP the following year. Springfield is known for its food and as a home to such performing arts as ballet, jazz and a carillon festival, which happens annually.
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An Environmental Working Group analysis of tap water tests from 1998 through 2003 shows that customers of City of Springfield Water drank water containing up to 19 pollutants, including one unregulated contaminant. City of Springfield Water is one of 65,000 water suppliers across the country wrestling with treating water polluted by sprawl, sewage, factory farms, and industry.
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