Tamms is a village in 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, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Tamms Depot, now the village hall
Alexander County, Illinois
Alexander County is the southernmost and southwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,240. Its county seat is Cairo and its western boundary is formed by the Mississippi River.
Alexander County Courthouse in Cairo
April 15, 2004, Barack Obama speaks at a luncheon in the city of Cairo, during his US Senate campaign