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WATERLOO, p-v., capital of Monroe co.. Ill., 115 s. by w. Springfield, 828 W. Situated on elevated ground, and contains a brick court house, 2 stores, and about 25 dwellings. (Haskell's Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the the United States...,1843)
WATERLOO, A post village, capital of Monroe county, about 22 miles south from St. Louis. It contains a court house, and several good stores. There is a newspaper published here. William Adelsberger, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer, 1859)
Total Population 1850
791
Total Population 1860
1435
Free Black Population 1850
8
Latitude
38.341214
Longitude
-90.152716
Type
City or Town
County
Monroe
State
Illinois