Mill Creek
Mill Creek is a stream in Alexander, Illinois. Mill Creek is situated nearby to the village Tamms, as well as near the hamlet Sandusky.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 2 miles northwest of Mill Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tamms and Pulaski.
Tamms
Village
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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.
Pulaski
Village
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Pulaski is a village in Pulaski County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pulaski had a population of 154. The village is named in honor of Polish Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski. Pulaski is situated 3 miles east of Mill Creek.
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 5 miles north of Mill Creek.
Mill Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Alexander, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.22755° or 37° 13′ 39″ northLongitude
-89.25536° or 89° 15′ 19″ westElevation
322 feet (98 metres)Open location code
869G6PHV+2VGeoNames ID
4244540
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