Alexander County
Alexander County is a hamlet in Alexander, Illinois. Alexander County is situated nearby to the hamlet Dawleys, as well as near the village Tamms.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tamms Correctional Center.
Tamms Correctional Center
Prison
Tamms Correctional Center was an Illinois Department of Corrections prison located in Tamms, Illinois. Prior to its 2013 closure, the prison housed people in two sections: a 200-bed minimum security facility, opened in 1995, and a separate 500-bed supermax facility known as the Closed Maximum Security Unit, opened in 1998. Tamms Correctional Center is situated 2½ miles northeast of Alexander County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tamms and Olive Branch.
Tamms
Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Tamms is a village in Tamms Precinct, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. The population was 430 at the 2020 census, down from 632 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Tamms is situated 3 miles east of Alexander County.
Olive Branch
Hamlet
Olive Branch is a census-designated place in Olive Branch and Sandusky precincts, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 62969. Olive Branch is situated 4½ miles south of Alexander County.
Elco
Hamlet
Elco is an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Elco is located along Illinois Route 127 north of Tamms. Elco once had a post office, which closed on January 24, 1998. Elco is situated 6 miles northeast of Alexander County.
Alexander County
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Diswood”
- Category: locality
- Location: Alexander, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.23144° or 37° 13′ 53″ northLongitude
-89.32286° or 89° 19′ 22″ westElevation
361 feet (110 metres)Open location code
869G6MJG+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 153754311OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4237069
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Alexander County” goes by many names.
- French: “Comté d’Alexander”
- German: “Alexander County”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Alexander”
- Spanish: “Condado de Alexander”
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Localities in the Area
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