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Merrimac, Illinois
Etymology: Meramec River
Merrimac, Illinois is located in Illinois
Merrimac, Illinois
Merrimac, Illinois
Location in Illinois
Merrimac, Illinois is located in the United States
Merrimac, Illinois
Merrimac, Illinois
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Illinois
County Monroe
Precinct 15
Elevation
404 ft (123 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Postal code
62295
Area code(s) 618

Merrimac, Illinois is a small unincorporated community in the historic Moredock Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States. It is located in the American Bottoms, adjacent to the Mississippi River levee due south of that river's confluence with the Meramec. It takes its name from this river whose name was translated as 'Ugly Water' from Algonquian by French Jesuits in the area. However scholars of the language translate it as 'place of strong current', which would certainly seem consistent.

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