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Welcome to Randolph County. Because Randolph County is home to the World Shooting & Recreation Complex and Popeye, and because our community is where Illinois began, and because of our Mississippi and Kaskaskia Rivers heritage, we receive thousands of visitors each year from all corners of the world.
- County History
Randolph County is proud of the many historic sites...
- Tourism
Every year, thousands of people make a pilgrimage to...
- County History
It contains the historically important village of Kaskaskia, Illinois's first capital. The county is part of Southern Illinois in the southern portion of the state known locally as " Little Egypt ", and includes fertile river flats, part of the American Bottom; it is near the Greater St. Louis area.
Randolph County is proud of the many historic sites associated with the French Colonial era, the Kaskaskia-Cahokia Trail, the Revolutionary War, early Illinois statehood, the German immigration movement, Shiloh College, Mississippi River steamboat days, the coming of the railroads, the Underground Slave Railroad/Civil War era, southern Illinois ...
Every year, thousands of people make a pilgrimage to Randolph County for a day, a weekend, or a summer vacation. They visit the World Shooting & Recreation Complex , the Popeye Character Trail in Chester and the Popeye Festival each September.
Chester is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois, United States, [3] on a bluff above the Mississippi River. The population was 7,640 at the 2020 census. [4] It lies 61 miles (98 km) south of St. Louis, Missouri.
Randolph. Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 30,163. Its county seat is Chester. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map.
Randolph County, Illinois has 575.4 square miles of land area and is the 39th largest county in Illinois by total area. Topics in the Randolph County, Illinois data profile include: Populations and People; Income and Poverty; Education; Employment; Housing; Health; Business and Economy; Families and Living Arrangements; Race and Ethnicity
