Merrimac, Illinois

Merrimac
Unincorporated
Name origin: Meramec River

Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Monroe
Precinct	15

Elevation	404 ft (123 m)
Coordinates

Government	Unincorporated

Timezone	CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Postal code	62295
Area code	618

Location of Merrimac within Illinois

Merrimac, Illinois is a small unincorporated community in the historic Moredock Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States. It is located in the American Bottoms, adjacent to the Mississippi River levee due south of that rivers confluence with the Meramec. It takes its name, from this river whose name was translated as 'Ugly Water' in Algonquian by French Jesuits in the area. However scholars of the language translate it as 'place of strong current', which would certainly seem consistent.

Illinois Metro-East region

Counties	Bond \| Calhoun \| Clinton \| Jersey \| Macoupin \| Madison \| Monroe \| St. Clair

Major Cities (10,000+)	Alton \| Belleville \| Cahokia \| Centralia \| Collinsville \| East St. Louis \| Edwardsville \| Fairview Heights \| Glen Carbon \| Godfrey \| Granite City \| O'Fallon \| Swansea \| Wood River

Cities (5,000-10,000)	Bethalto \| Centreville \| Columbia \| East Alton \| Highland \| Jerseyville \| Maryville \| Mascoutah \| Pontoon Beach \| Shiloh \| Staunton \| Troy \| Washington Park \| Waterloo

Cities (1,000-5,000)	Alorton \| Aviston \| Beckemeyer \| Breese \| Brighton \| Carlyle \| Caseyville \| Dupo \| Fairmont City \| Freeburg \| Germantown \| Hartford \| Lebanon \| Madison \| Marissa \| Millstadt \| New Athens \| New Baden \| Rosewood Heights \| Roxana \| Smithton \| South Roxana \| Trenton \| Valmeyer \| Venice \| Wamac

Interstates in the Metro-East	I-55 \| I-64 \| I-70 \| I-255 \| I-270

Airports/Military Bases	MidAmerica St. Louis Airport \| St. Louis Downtown Airport \| St. Louis Metro-East Airport \| St. Louis Regional Airport \| Scott Air Force Base

List of Colleges in the Metro-East	Kaskaskia College \| Lewis and Clark Community College \| McKendree University \| Principia College \| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville \| Southwestern Illinois College

Sports teams based in the Metro East	Gateway Grizzlies (baseball: Frontier League)

Municipalities and communities of Monroe County, Illinois, USA

County seat: Waterloo

Cities	Columbia‡ Waterloo

Villages	Fults Hecker‡ Maeystown Valmeyer

Precincts	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Unincorporated communities	Ames Burksville Burksville Station Chaflin Bridge Foster Pond Fountain Harrisonville Madonnaville Merrimac Monroe City New Hanover Renault St. Joe Tipton Wartburg

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties