Greenup

History

Greenup received its name from National Road surveyor, William C. Greenup who platted the town in 1834. He was one of the supervisors hired to oversee construction of the National Road in Illinois, surveying the original alignment from Marshall to Vandalia during the 1830s. Greenup was platted in 1834, and served as Cumberland County's first county seat from 1843 to 1855.

Geography

Greenup is located southeast of the center of Cumberland County. The Embarras River, a tributary of the Wabash River, flows past the northwest corner of the village. U.S. Route 40 runs through the village to the south of its center, while Interstate 70 runs through the northern corner of the village with access from Exit 119 (Illinois Route 130). Effingham is to the west, while Terre Haute, Indiana, is to the east. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Greenup has a total area of , of which (or 99.94%) is land and (or 0.06%) is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,435
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,360
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,304
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,210
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,195
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,179
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,170
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  1,161

Most recent

• M 3.51 — 2026-06-29
  6 km NE of West Salem, Illinois
• M 3.8 — 2026-01-20
  4 km NW of Ohlman, Illinois
• M 3.26 — 2025-05-13
  7 km SSW of Lerna, Illinois
• M 2.58 — 2023-10-26
  6 km SSE of Herrick, Illinois
• M 2.73 — 2023-09-10
  9 km E of Parkersburg, Illinois
• M 2.54 — 2022-06-16
  4 km ESE of Parkersburg, Illinois