Valmeyer, Illinois
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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
Valmeyer City Hall and Emergency Services
The remains of the business district in Old Valmeyer has been reduced to a few broken sidewalks and empty space.
American Bottom
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The American Bottom is the flood plain of the Mississippi River in the Metro East region of Southern Illinois, extending from Alton, Illinois, south to the Kaskaskia River. It is also sometimes called
Valmeyer, Illinois
…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. After the Great Flood of 1993 the residents of Valmeyer decided to…
The American Bottom region is bordered by tall bluffs such as this one, rising near Dupo, Illinois. This waterfall is called Falling Springs.
Fields in the Bottom in far southern Monroe County
1993 flooding of Kaskaskia, looking south.