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Lytleville is an unincorporated community in McLean County, Illinois, USA, and is located south of Normal, and part of Heyworth. The community was laid out by John Baldwin in 1836, around his sawmill. Baldwin named the town after a friend of his, Robert T. Lytle, a democrat who was a U.S. Congressman from Ohio from 1833 to 1835.
There has been considerable controversy about the village, one side holding that it was at one time considered for the Illinois state capital, the other side holding that it was considered only for county seat. The capital has changed twice since 1818, once from Kaskaskia to Vandalia, and once from Vandalia to Springfield. The first was before Lytleville was founded; therefore, the only time it could conceivable have been considered whas in 1836 when Springfield, Illiopolis, and several other towns were in competition.
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