Simpson is a village in Pope County, Illinois, home to about 40 people across 0.5 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 62985.
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| Nearest major airport | St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)125 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (MWA)24 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Louis, MO114 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL307 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Simpson; 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.
Simpson had 44 residents in the 2020 census, down 19% since 2000.
It’s the 1412th largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Pope County grew from 13,585 residents in 1900 to 3,763 in 2020.
Pope County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 88°F in summer, and winter lows average 26°F. About 50.6 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 7 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Dixon Springs Agric Ctr, IL weather station (5 miles away).
430 jobs at 49 businesses in Pope 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.
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