Indiana
Illinois is bordered by Wisconsin Missouri to the west. Ohio is bordered by Pennsylvania to the east. Indiana is EAST of Illinois and WEST of Ohio.
Illinois is not a southern state. Illinois is located in the Midwest Region of the United States. Illinois is bordered by Wisconsin to the north, Iowa to the northwest, Missouri to the west, Kentucky to the southeast, and Indiana to the east.
The states directly above Kentucky are Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia
That would be Indiana.
If the Springfield you are talking about is in ohio, then it is east. If it is illinois, niether.
Illinois
Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucy are the states that border Indiana.
Travelling from Ohio to Illinois you would travel west and travel through Indiana.
Virginia, West Virginia, to the east; Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, to the north; Tennessee to the south; Missouri to the west.
Indiana is bordered by Michigan to the north, Illinois to the West, Kentucky to the South, and Ohio to the East.
Indiana borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, Kentucky to the south and southeast, and Illinois to the west.
To the North: Indiana, Ohio To the East: West Virginia, Virginia To the South: Tennessee To the West: Missouri, Illinois