Joppa, IL

Joppa is a village in Massac County, Illinois, United States, along the Ohio River. The 2020 census counted 350 residents. Joppa is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. During the first part of the 19th century, a riverboat landing known as Copeland's Landing operated at what is now Joppa. The through line in Joppa is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Joppa makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Kuykendall, a prominent local land owner, and Jesse Baccus, who operated a local sawmill, decided to establish a town. Joppa is located in western Massac County. The village lies along the Ohio River downstream from Metropolis, Illinois, and Paducah, Kentucky.