Tatumville

Tatumville is a hamlet in Alexander, Illinois. Tatumville is situated nearby to the village Tamms, as well as near the hamlet Alexander County.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tamms and Elco.

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 1½ miles south of Tatumville.

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 3 miles north of Tatumville.

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 5 miles southeast of Tatumville.

Tatumville

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Alexander, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.25783° or 37° 15′ 28″ north

Longitude

-89.27953° or 89° 16′ 46″ west

Elevation

371 feet (113 metres)

Open location code

869G7P5C+45

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153355005

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4251108

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