Tamms, IL

Tamms is a village in Tamms Precinct, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 430 residents. Tamms is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Tamms was established under the name of Idlewild in 1883. In previous eras Tamms Community High School was the public high school. The through line in Tamms is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Tamms makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The railroad service ended in the 1970s and therefore the economy declined.