Junction City, IL

Junction City is a village in Marion County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 527 residents. Junction City is located in western Marion County 3 miles south of Sandoval, 4 miles north of Centralia, and 12 miles west-southwest of Salem, the county seat. The village drains south to tributaries of Crooked Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the Kaskaskia River. That mix gives Junction City a clear local shape within Illinois, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present.