{"id":2718,"date":"2023-04-13T23:20:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T23:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:17:27","slug":"gallatin-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/gallatin-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallatin County, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gallatin County is a county in Illinois, United States, at the far southeastern tip of the state where the Ohio and Wabash rivers meet. It had a population of 4,946 at the 2020 census and covers 328 square miles (850 km2), of which 323 square miles (840 km2) is land, centred near 37\u00b046\u2032N 88\u00b014\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Shawneetown is the county seat; its postal code is 62984. The county has one city, six villages and four unincorporated communities, spread across ten townships. Gallatin County runs on Central Time and was organized in 1812.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Gallatin County<\/h2>\n

Eleven named places appear across the county’s ten townships: one city, six incorporated villages and four unincorporated communities (marked Unincorp. below). Population figures below are the 2020 census count where the place is separately tabulated by the Census Bureau; smaller unincorporated places are folded into their township totals and shown as —.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Shawneetown<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nShawnee<\/td>\n1,393<\/td>\n62984<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ridgway<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nRidgway<\/td>\n891<\/td>\n62979<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Equality<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nEquality<\/td>\n589<\/td>\n62934<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Haven<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nNew Haven<\/td>\n440<\/td>\n62867<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Omaha<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nOmaha<\/td>\n792<\/td>\n62871<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Shawneetown<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nShawnee<\/td>\n146<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Junction<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nNorth Fork<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n62954<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cottonwood<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nEagle Creek<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elba<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nBowlesville<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kedron<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nGold Hill<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lawler<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nAsbury<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Old Shawneetown, on higher ground about 3 miles inland, was built after repeated Ohio River flooding drove residents out of the original riverfront town of Shawneetown in the 1930s — the two are separate, still-inhabited places sharing one name.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Shawnee<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nShawneetown, Old Shawneetown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ridgway<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nRidgway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Omaha<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nOmaha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Equality<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nEquality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Haven<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nNew Haven<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Fork<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nJunction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eagle Creek<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nCottonwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bowlesville<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nElba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gold Hill<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nKedron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Asbury<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nLawler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n