Dix, Illinois
| Mt. Vernon | |
| Village | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Jefferson |
| Township | Rome |
| Coordinates | 38°26′26″N 88°56′33″W / 38.44056°N 88.94250°WCoordinates: 38°26′26″N 88°56′33″W / 38.44056°N 88.94250°W |
| Area | 2.10 sq mi (5 km2) |
| - land | 2.09 sq mi (5 km2) |
| - water | 0.01 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population | 494 (2000) |
| Density | 235.9/sq mi (91/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 62830 |
| Area code | 618 |
   Location of Dix within Illinois
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Dix is a village in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 494 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Mount Vernon Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Dix is located at 38°26′26″N 88°56′33″W / 38.44056°N 88.94250°W (38.440676, -88.942463).
According to the 2010 census, Dix has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.44 km2), of which 2.09 square miles (5.41 km2) (or 99.52%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) (or 0.48%) is water.
Dix is located on high ground that marks the boundary between the Big Muddy River and its tributary, Casey Creek.
Today Dix is an exit on Interstate 57, a major north/south roadway. When it was founded, however, it was on the Goshen Road, which was the main east/west road in Illinois, running from Old Shawneetown, Illinois to near East St. Louis, Illinois.
Among the first settlers around Dix were two brothers named Andrews (Arba and Nelson?), who came from Rome, New York, around 1830. One of them established a post office called "Jordan's Prairie", the name already given to the grassland to the south. Later he platted out a village, which he called "Rome", after his home town in New York. The post office was moved into the village in 1852, and the name changed.
Hiram Milburn of Kell, Illinois moved to Rome between 1853 and 1855. Milburn built a storehouse in 1853 and a hotel in 1854. It is said that, during the construction of the hotel, a wind blew the structure down into a pile, while two men were on the joists, but nobody was hurt. In 1855 Milburn purchased Leuty's Mill and moved it to Rome.
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