Massac County, Administrative county in southern Illinois, United States
Located along the Ohio River, Massac County extends across 242 square miles of land with forests, agricultural fields, and river valleys.
The French established Fort Massac in 1757 during the French and Indian War, naming it after the Marquis de Massiac.
The Kincaid Site preserves ancient earthwork mounds from the Mississippian culture, demonstrating early Native American settlement patterns in this region.
Massac County connects to Kentucky via the Interstate 24 Bridge at Metropolis, providing essential transportation links across the Ohio River.
The county contains archaeological evidence of continuous human habitation from 8000 BCE through the Early Woodland and Mississippian periods.
Location: Illinois
Inception: February 8, 1843
Capital city: Metropolis
Shares border with: Pope County, Livingston County, McCracken County, Pulaski County, Johnson County
GPS coordinates: 37.22000,-88.71000
Latest update: March 6, 2025 11:01
Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site
24.8 km
Fort Massac
8.2 km
Irvin S. Cobb Bridge
13.7 km
Metropolis Bridge
8.9 km
Honeywell Uranium Hexafluoride Processing Facility
6.8 km
Whitehaven
19.5 km
Dixon Springs State Park
18.5 km
Lock and Dam Number 52
11.9 km
Cache River State Natural Area
26.9 km
Smithland Lock and Dam
25.7 km
Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
13.3 km
Rowlandton Mound Site
15.4 km
Heron Pond – Little Black Slough Nature Preserve
26.8 km
Fort Anderson
17.1 km
Lloyd Tilghman House
17.9 km
Lloyd Tilghman Memorial
17.3 km
David Yeiser House
17.4 km
Confederate Monument in Paducah
16.8 km
Elijah P. Curtis House
8 km
Golconda Historic District
25.6 km
Lusk's Ferry, Illinois
25.9 km
Masonic Temple
18.4 km
Kenmil Place
18.8 km
Richard Olive House
28.6 km
Masonic Hall-Federal Commissary Building
28.3 km
Massac Theatre
7.9 km
Fort Massac State Park
8.7 km
Superman statue
7.8 kmReviews
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