Watson
Watson is a village in Effingham County, Illinois, United States. The population was 668 at the 2020 census. Watson is part of the Effingham, Illinois Micropolitan Statistical Area. The village was named after George Watson, a railroad official.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 738 residents
- Description: village in Effingham County, Illinois, USA
- Also known as: “Watson, IL” and “Watson, Illinois”
- Postal code: 62473
Places of Interest
Highlights include Percival Springs Airport.
Percival Springs Airport
Aerodrome
Percival Springs Airport is a public-use airport located one-mile southeast of Watson, Illinois, United States. It is privately owned. Camping is a major attraction at the airport. Percival Springs Airport is situated 2 miles southeast of Watson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mason.
Mason
Village
Mason is an incorporated town in Effingham County, Illinois, United States. The population was 323 at the 2020 census. It was named after Roswell Mason, an official of the Illinois Central Railroad. Mason is situated 6 miles southwest of Watson.
Watson
- Categories: village of Illinois and locality
- Location: Watson Township, Effingham, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.02532° or 39° 1′ 31″ northLongitude
-88.56977° or 88° 34′ 11″ westPopulation
738Elevation
561 feet (171 metres)Open location code
86FH2CGJ+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 153793065OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4252573Wikidata ID
Q2347018
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Watson” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “واتسون”
- Basque: “Watson”
- Catalan: “Watson”
- Cebuano: “Watson”
- Chinese: “Watson”
- Chinese: “沃森 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “沃森”
- Dutch: “Watson”
- French: “Watson”
- German: “Watson”
- Gilaki: “واتسون (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “واتسون”
- Haitian: “Watson, Ilinwa”
- Haitian: “Watson”
- Italian: “Watson”
- Ladin: “Watson”
- Mazanderani: “واتسن (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “واتسن”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Watson”
- Polish: “Watson”
- Portuguese: “Watson”
- Serbian: “Вотсон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Watson, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Watson”
- South Azerbaijani: “واتسون، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “Watson”
- Swedish: “Watson, Illinois”
- Swedish: “Watson”
- Ukrainian: “Вотсон”
- Urdu: “واٹسن، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “واٹسن”
- Vietnamese: “Watson, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Watson”
- Volapük: “Watson”
- Welsh: “Watson, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Watson”
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