Monroe City, Illinois

The Monroe City Mill was a grist mill located in Monroe City, Illinois, an unincorporated community in the historic Bluff Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States. Monroe County was founded in 1816. Prior to that, the area was part of St. Clair County in the Illinois Territory. The Mill was built in 1800 and ceased operation in 1899. The stone foundation, including the water wheel arch, remain today on the original site. The Mill was located on the north bank of the Monroe City Creek, about one quarter mile below its source at a karst spring. The creek provided water to power the mill. The valley created by erosion from the creek is generally referred to as "the Monroe City Hollow." Over the years, the Mill has been referred to by a number of names, primarily reflecting ownership: Kinney's Mill from 1800 until about 1823; James' Mill from about 1823 until 1849; Garretson and Harlow's Mill from about 1850 to 1866; Ziebold's Mill from 1867 until about 1899. It was also generally known as the Monroe City Mill beginning in 1856 when the Town of Monroe City was platted. In 1798, Josiah Ryan built the original mill in the Monroe City Hollow about 2 miles west of the Monroe City Mill site, also on the banks of the Monroe City Creek.

Madonnaville, Illinois is a small unincorporated community in the historic Bluff Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States. It was laid out by Joseph W. Ruebsam, who erected the first building and started a store there shortly thereafter. St. Mary's Catholic Church was built in 1857.

Chaflin Bridge is an unincorporated community in the historic Mitchie Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States. It lies on the old Bluff Road in the American Bottoms between Fults and the old site of Valmeyer and near Maeystown.

Maeystown is a village in Monroe County, Illinois, United States. The population was 150 at the 2020 census.

Valmeyer is a village in Monroe County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,233 at the 2020 census. It was originally located in the American Bottom floodplain of the Mississippi River but now occupies higher land to the east.

Wartburg is a small unincorporated community in the historic New Design Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States. Wartburg lies along the road from Waterloo to Mayestown, and Camp Wartburg, a Lutheran youth retreat, is nearby.

KYRO (1280 kHz) is an American AM radio station in Troy, Missouri and serves the western suburbs of St. Louis. KYRO airs a Conservative News/Talk format and is owned by Lee Thompson and John Scheper, through licensee Lincoln County Broadcasting LLC, and operated by Viper Broadcasting, LLC. The News/Talk show line up includes Bob & Tom (5 am–9 am), Glenn Beck (9 am–12 pm), "The EDGE" (12 pm–2 pm), Chris Plant (2 pm–5 pm), "Happy Hour" w/ "Real-Rock" Tom Terbrock (5 pm–6 pm), Ben Shapiro (6 pm–8 pm), Dan Bongino (8 pm–9 pm), Jim Bohannon (9 pm–12 am) and Red Eye Radio Overnights. KYRO is an affiliate of the Kansas City Chiefs (NFL), St. Louis Blues (NHL), University of Missouri (NCAA), MRN (NASCAR), PRN (NASCAR) Sports Networks, and originates Maryville University Hockey broadcasts (NCAA). KYRO News (Fox News, Missouri-net, Brownfield Farm Networks) provides 24 hour weather and hourly updates from the KYRO Newsroom.

Harrisonville is an unincorporated community in the historic Harrisonville Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois.

Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 34,962. Its county seat and largest city is Waterloo. Monroe County is included in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known historically as "Little Egypt".

Selma Hall also known as Selma Farm and Kennett Castle is a historic mansion and estate located in Jefferson County, Missouri along the Mississippi River. The mansion was designed in the style of Castello di Vezio by George I. Barnett and constructed in 1854 at a cost of $125,000 for Ferdinand Kennett. The mansion features a four-story tower constructed from locally quarried limestone by slave labor. Kennett and his brother Luther Kennett owned nearby lead mines, shot towers for the manufacture of bullets, steamboats, and slaves. The land was given to Ferdinand’s wife, Julia (née Deaderick), by her grandfather John Smith T, a wealthy lead miner and famous duelist. Ferdinand died in the mansion in 1861 before it was nearly destroyed during the Civil War by gun boats that fired upon the easy target from the Mississippi River below. The mansion was restored to its original appearance only to be destroyed again by fire in 1939, leading to a second restoration by then owner William O. Schock.Before the mansion was owned by Schock, it passed from Robert Brookings to W. K. Cavanaugh. The mansion and property was purchased by the Mississippi River Fuel Corporation in 1952 for $450,000 and it was used a conference center. The Mississippi River Fuel Corporation owned a controlling interest in the Missouri Pacific Railroad which was eventually purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1982 who also used the mansion as a corporate retreat and conference center. In 2020, Union Pacific decided to cut costs and attempted to sell the property and adjacent 18-hole golf course for $25 million, the property sold for an undisclosed amount to an anonymous LLC in June 2021.

Fountain Creek Bridge is a limestone arch bridge which crosses Fountain Creek near Waterloo in Monroe County, Illinois, USA. The bridge was constructed in 1849 and served as a road bridge until the 1920s, when Illinois Route 156 opened on a new bridge. During the nineteenth century, stone arch bridges were commonly built in regions with stone quarries, such as Monroe County; roughly 100 stone bridges were built in the county. The Fountain Creek Bridge is the largest remaining stone arch bridge in the county and the second-largest which was only used by road traffic in the state.The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978.

Plattin Creek is a stream in northeastern St. Francois and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River.The headwaters arise in St. Francois County at 37°59′00″N 90°22′18″W and it flows to the north past the community of Koester to enter Jefferson County. It continues to the north passing the community of Plattin and passing under US Route 61 and I-55 at the south edge of Festus. The stream veers to the east and enters the Mississippi southeast of Crystal City at 38°12′55″N 90°21′35″W at an elevation of 390 feet.Plattin Creek most likely derives its name from nearby La Platte Mine.