Alexander County, Illinois
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Alexander County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. In the 2020 census, the population was 5,240. Its county seat is Cairo and its western boundary is formed by the Mississippi
Alexander County Courthouse in Cairo
April 15, 2004, Barack Obama speaks at a luncheon in the city of Cairo, during his US Senate campaign
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Tamms, Illinois
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Tamms is a village in Tamms Precinct, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. The population was 430 at the 2020 census, down from 632 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson,
Alexander County, Illinois
…The Tamms Correctional Center, a now shuttered super-maximum correctional facility operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections, was located in Tamms, as was the State of Illinois execution chamber. Prior to the January 2003, commutation of death row sentences, male death row inmates were housed in…
Tamms Depot, now the village hall