Beaverville, IL

Beaverville is a village in Beaverville Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 306 residents. In 1851, 32 families from the area of Montreal, Canada, mostly newlywed or single, came up the St. Lawrence River in search of farmland on the prairie. They traveled across the Great Lakes and stopped at Fort Dearborn. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Beaverville, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Beaverville, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Beaverville is located in northeastern Iroquois County. Beaverville is 16 miles northeast of Watseka, the county seat; 20 miles southeast of Kankakee; and 7 miles west of the Indiana border.