Illinois
LaSalle County
Allen Township

Ransom

Ransom is a village in , , United States. The population was 308 at the 2020 census, down from 384 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is part of the subregion known as Streatorland.
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  • Type: Village with 389 residents
  • Description: village in LaSalle County, United States
  • Also known as: “Ransom, IL” and “Ransom, Illinois”
  • Postal code: 60470

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ransom Water Tower.

Water tower
Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a former water tower in the , village of Ransom. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It was demolished in January of 2025.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kinsman.

Village
is a village in , , United States. The population was 90 at the 2020 census. is situated 5 miles northeast of Ransom.

Ransom

Latitude
41.15615° or 41° 9′ 22″ north
Longitude
-88.64951° or 88° 38′ 58″ west
Population
389
Elevation
709 feet (216 metres)
Open location code
86HH5942+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153634377
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4907129
Wiki­data ID
Q2396251
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ransom” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رانسوم”
  • Basque: “Ransom”
  • Catalan: “Ransom”
  • Cebuano: “Ransom”
  • Chinese: “Ransom”
  • Chinese: “蘭森”
  • Dutch: “Ransom”
  • French: “Ransom”
  • German: “Ransom”
  • Gilaki: “رنسم (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “رنسم”
  • Haitian: “Ransom, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Ransom”
  • Italian: “Ransom”
  • Ladin: “Ransom”
  • Mazanderani: “رانسوم (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “رانسوم”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ransom”
  • Polish: “Ransom”
  • Portuguese: “Ransom”
  • Serbian: “Рансом”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ransom, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ransom”
  • Spanish: “Ransom”
  • Ukrainian: “Рансом”
  • Vietnamese: “Ransom, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Ransom”
  • Volapük: “Ransom”
  • Welsh: “Ransom, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Ransom”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ransom”. Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY-SA 3.0.