Compton, IL

Compton is a village in Brooklyn Township, Lee County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 274 residents. A post office at the site of Compton opened on May 18, 1841; it was named Melugin Grove after the village's first settler, Zachariah Melugin. The village's name was changed to Compton on July 16, 1873, after Joel Compton. Compton's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Illinois setting. The local scoop is how Compton's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Compton is located on the plains of north central Illinois. The town is served by US Route 30 & US Route 51 and is about ten miles north of Mendota.