Eldred, IL

Eldred is a village in Greene County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 149 residents. Eldred was founded because of its situation in the Illinois River Bottoms as a town that combined the values of a river and a bluff-side village. Eldred first appeared on river plat books as "Farrow Town" in the 1830s, but was founded sometime before the admittance of Illinois as a state in 1818. Eldred'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 Eldred's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Eldred is located in southwestern Greene County. Illinois Route 108 passes through the village, leading east 8 miles to Carrollton, the Greene County seat, and west 3 miles to the Illinois River and the Kampsville ferry. Eldred is situated in the lower Illinois River.