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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Illinois Metro-East region
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- MidAmerica St. Louis Airport
- St. Louis Downtown Airport
- St. Louis Metro-East Airport
- St. Louis Regional Airport
- Scott Air Force Base
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| List of Colleges in the Metro-East |
- Kaskaskia College
- Lewis and Clark Community College
- Blackburn College
- McKendree University
- Principia College
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- Southwestern Illinois College
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- Gateway Grizzlies (baseball: Frontier League)
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