Bath, IL

Bath is a village in Mason County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 279 residents. The area was first settled in 1828 by John Stewart and John Gillespie from the state of Kentucky. Future 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was the one to survey the land on November 1, 1836. Bath is host to the annual midsummer Redneck Fishing Tournament. A newcomer can read Bath through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Bath comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Bath is in southwestern Mason County, on a low bluff overlooking the Illinois River valley to the west. Illinois Route 78 passes through the village center as Oak Street, leading northeast 9 miles to Havana, the county seat, and south 10 miles to Chandlerville. Bath is home to Gatton Mansion at 9805 IL-78.