Elkville, IL

Elkville is a village in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 838 residents. The village was named for the elk which frequented mineral licks near the original town site. Burroughs, farmer and Illinois state representative, lived in Elkville. Elkville'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 Elkville's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Elkville is located in northeastern Jackson County. U.S. Route 51 runs through the center of the village, leading north 7 miles to Du Quoin and south the same distance to De Soto.