Ransom, IL

Ransom is a village in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 308 residents. Ransom is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. Ransom is part of the subregion known as Streatorland. Ransom'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 Ransom's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Ransom was a planned community; ads were placed in the Streator Monitor as early as 1876 calling for shopkeepers, craftsmen, and tradesmen to locate and set up shop in the area. Ransom is located in southeastern LaSalle County at the center of Allen Township. Illinois Route 170 runs along the eastern border of the village, leading north 13 miles to Seneca along the Illinois River, and south 20 miles to Pontiac.