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SJR: Highway named for first black American to incorporate a town in USA
http://www.sj-r.com/Sections/News/Stories/48831.asp

"In 1836, "Free" Frank McWorter became the first black person to incorporate a town in America.

Though New Philadelphia no longer exists, Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced Thursday that a section of Interstate 72 in Pike County henceforth will be known as "Frank McWorter Highway."

The site of New Philadelphia is about six miles east of Barry and a short distance north of I-72. Frank McWorter Highway will stretch for about 35 miles between Griggsville and the Mississippi River.

Blagojevich made the announcement at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library before a group of government officials, community members and 25 second-, third- and fourth-graders from St. Patrick's Catholic School."

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