Seaton, IL

Seaton is a village in Mercer County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 214 residents. Seaton is located in southern Mercer County 9 miles south-southwest of Aledo, the county seat, and 7 miles east of Keithsburg. Snake Creek flows through the southwest part of the village, leading southeast to North Henderson Creek, part of the Henderson Creek watershed running southwest to the Mississippi River. The through line in Seaton is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Seaton makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.