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Greenup

Greenup City Clerk’s Office, 115 Cumberland, P.O. Box 246, Greenup, IL. 62428  (217) 923-3401.  Greenup, the oldest town in Cumberland County, was established in 1834.  Greenup is one of the few communities remaining in Illinois that has overhanging porches on the downtown buildings.  Also in Greenup is the Cameo Vineyard & Winery, The Candy Kitchen, a 200 ft. covered bridge, and a victorian shop unique in the community.  www.villageofgreenup.com  Gateway to the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site and truly a part of the Old West, Greenup had document visits by Frank James and Cole Younger of the notorious “James Gang’  Visit the two-story Railroad Deport Museum and the Stagecoach layover built in 1830.  Thomas and Abe Lincoln lived and worked in Greenup, a dug a well and helped construct a massive covered bridge.

National Road Covered Bridge

The Embarras River (pronounced umbraw) near Greenup was the site of a covered bridge built by Abe and Thomas Lincoln and Dennis Hanks. The original bridge was 200 feet long.  Reconstruction of the bridge began in 1998 and was dedicated in September, 2000.  Visible off the North side of I-70, accessible from Greenup.  Rt. 40 or I-70 east.

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