Mascoutah, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Mascoutah Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62258. The Survey maps it on the Mascoutah quadrangle. 8,754 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 433 feet above sea level.
On record in Mascoutah
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Berger-Kiel Houselisted 1999
George Draser Jr. Houselisted 2000
Population over time
2 figuresMascoutah grew from 7,483 to 8,754 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,483 | |
| 2020 | 8,754 | +1,271 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1912 USGS New Athens quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Mascoutah quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS New Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Mascoutah quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
326 words on this townshipCentennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History, published 1928 names this settlement in its chapter on Mascoutah Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Samuel Dixon built the first house withm the limits of the present town of Mascoutah. Dixon was a hunter and lived just south of where the Postel Mills now stand. The town was laid out on the sixth of April, i8j7 by T. J. Krafft and John Flanagan. It contained six blocks of different sizes and was called Mechanicsburg. After the town was laid out Samuel Mitchell built a log cabin and established a saw mill . In 1839 an addition was made containing seventy-two lots, by Hilgard, Krafft, and Benjamin West. At this time the name was changed to Mascoutah. Many other additions have been laid out since then. Dr. Smith, a son-in-law of Major Brown, was the first physician in the place. The first school house was erected just north of the Postel mill. Nathan Fike was the first postmaster. Conrad and Philip Eisenmayer purchased the mill property in 1839. They soon took in as a partner Philip H. Postel. They enlarged the mill and became exporters of flour. The second mill, erected near the old site was built by Andrew Eisenmayer and Philip Postel in 1848 and now known as the Postel Mills. It has been enlarged and improved until now it is one of the largest mills in this section of the country, having a capacity of three hundred and fifty barrels of flour a day. The growth was slow until the German immigrants began to come about 1840 and later. Since then the growth of the town has been steady and now Mascoutah is one of the fine towns of the county. It has six churches, a fine public school system, including a community high school, a hat factory, a rubber goods factory, a municipal water works and lighting system. Good hotels, some fine stores and business houses of various kinds. Illinois State highway No. 1 5 runs right through the principal street and there is bus service to St. Louis.
Passage source: Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History, published 1928.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Storms near this place
50 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mascoutah in 50 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Mascoutah | $260,000 | At approximately 10:30 PM, a tornado began near Scheve Park in Mascoutah. In Mascoutah the tornado caused roof damage to multiple residences as well as the local high school. Power poles and outbuildings were damaged as well. The most intense damage in town occurred near the intersection of Beechcraft Blvd and Fuesser Rd. The tornado continued northeast where it damaged a grain elevator and more farm outbuildings. The most significant damage in the county occurred near the Madison/Clinton County border where farm outbuildings were completely destroyed and residences sustained heavy roof and window damage. The tornado then crossed into Clinton County. In St. Clair County the tornado was rated EF-1 with a path length of 7.88 miles and a maximum path width of 700 yards. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs, up to 12 inches in diameter, throughout Mascoutah. A utility pole was snapped off at its base. A couple of trees, as well as numerous tree limbs, were snapped off along Highbanks Road. A flag pole was also bent. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | $15,000 | The roof of an apartment complex collapsed after being damaged from high winds. Numerous large trees and power lines were blown down through out the Mascoutah area. Reported by ham radio spotters. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | $10,000 | The local 911 center reported many tree limbs down on streets in Mascoutah. Minor roof damage was also reported. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs around town. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | $5,000 | Wind gusts downed a tree which fell on a parked school bus causing minor roof damage. No one was on the bus at the time. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | $300 | County officials reported power lines and poles down. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto an unoccupied car just south southeast of Mascoutah. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, tree limbs and power lines around town. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | Lots of quarter sized hail was reported over Mascoutah. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several tree limbs and power lines. Also, a few large trees were snapped off. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | Thunderstorm winds blew over a semi on Illinois Route 177 east of Mascoutah. No injuries were reported. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Mascoutah | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads had water over them including Illinois Route 4 south of Mascoutah and up to 10 inches deep on the northside of Freeburg on Deerfield Court. |
| December 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | Thunderstorm winds blew some siding off of a house and outbuildings. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted and blew over two large trees as well as numerous tree limbs in Mascoutah. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | Several large trees were blown down southeast and east of Mascoutah. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | Amateur radio spotters reported 3/4 inch hail northwest of Mascoutah. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | The local electric cooperative reported 4 power poles broken along Highway 177. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed numerous trees and power lines across the area. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail in Mascoutah. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | Storm spotters reported trees down in Mascoutah. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | Several large trees were knocked down in Dupo and wind gusts as high as 70 mph were reported by ham radio spotters in Belleville. Quarter-size hail was also reported in Freeburg and dime-size hail was reported in Mascoutah. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| February 2006 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| February 2006 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mascoutah | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rentchler | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Shiloh Station | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Shiloh | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Summerfield | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Freeburg | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fayetteville | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wilderman | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lebanon | 7.9 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Mascoutah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q575435 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 426424. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






