Karnak is a village in Massac County, Illinois, home to about 466 people across 1.8 square miles. Its ZIP code is 62956.
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| Nearest major airport | St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)126 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Barkley Regional Airport (PAH)19 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Louis, MO116 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL321 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Karnak; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Karnak had 430 residents in the 2020 census, down 31% since 2000.
It’s the 959th largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Massac County grew from 13,110 residents in 1900 to 14,169 in 2020.
Massac County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 89°F in summer, and winter lows average 26°F. About 49.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 7 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Grand Chain Dam 53, IL weather station (7 miles away).
2,808 jobs at 217 businesses in Massac County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Museums
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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