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Does your college town suck? Illinois State University

New to the line up this season: we will be examining the various college towns of Wisconsin’s opponents. We’ll be answering all of the important questions – Is it a state capital? What is the population? Does it have a Culver’s?

Facts:

City: Normal, Illinois

Size: 18.38 square miles

Location: 40°30′44″N 88°59′19″W

Population: 54,891 (2019)

State Capital? No

Time zone: Central

Landmarks: Castle Gardens LLC, David Davis Mansion, Ewing Cultural Center, Normal Theater

About:

Normal, along with Bloomington, make up the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area, which is the seventh most populated community outside of the Chicago metropolitan area, in the state of Illinois.