Maeystown, IL

Maeystown is a village in Monroe County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 150 residents. The history of the tract of land where what is now Maeystown is situated, began sometime after 1782, when a soldier of the American Revolution, one James McRoberts, staked a claim of 100 acres. Maeystown is located southwest of the center of Monroe County. A newcomer can read Maeystown through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Maeystown comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Maeystown is 9 miles southwest of Waterloo, the county seat. Maeystown includes a historic district.