Cable, IL

Cable is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Richland Grove Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 117 residents. Cable is located south of Sherrard. Cable is located in northeastern Mercer County, on the east side of the valley of Camp Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Edwards River. A newcomer can read Cable through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Cable comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The village of Sherrard is 3 miles to the north, and Viola is 9 miles to the southwest.