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Village in Illinois, United States
176Population
0.8 sq miArea
381 ftElevation

Mill Shoals is a village in Wayne and White counties in the U.S. State of Illinois. The population was 235 at the 2000 census, down to 176 at the 2020 census. In Fall 2022, Drew Lane Consultants LLC conducted a village-wide survey that totaled population at 157. The Village of Mill Shoals is located 4 hours and 14 minutes driving directly south of the City of Chicago (with no traffic), 58 minutes driving directly northwest of Evansville, Indiana, 2 hours and 9 minutes driving directly west of Louisville, Kentucky, and 1 hour and 42 minutes directly east of St. Louis, Missouri. The Village is home to a U.S. Post Office, community center, private grain elevator, and two churches. Residents ar…

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ZIP code62862
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Fairfield Memorial Hospital 1Fairfield · 13 mi · ER · rural critical access
Crhpc-Carmi Health CenterCarmi · 10.7 mi · sliding-scale fees
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