Rio, IL

Rio is a village in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 209 residents. Rio is pronounced "Rye-Oh". Rio is situated in the northwest corner of Knox County, 13 miles north of Galesburg, the county seat. Pre-K to 2nd grade students attend ROWVA Central in Oneida, 3rd and 4th graders attend ROWVA West in Wataga, and 5th and 6th graders go to ROWVA East in Altona. The through line in Rio is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Rio makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Like other rural neighbors, the village has rich soil ideal for farming corn and soybeans.