Carrier Mills
Morrilsville | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 From the high school facing north toward downtown. | |
| Nicknames: Catskin, The Mills, CMills, "With an s on both ends." | |
| Motto: Where A Friendly Smile Says Stay Awhile | |
 Location of Carrier Mills in Saline County, Illinois. | |
.svg) Location of Illinois in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 37°41′13″N 88°37′45″W / 37.68694°N 88.62917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Saline |
| Founded | 1872 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.22 sq mi (3.15 km2) |
| • Land | 1.21 sq mi (3.13 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 1,672 |
| • Density | 1,384.11/sq mi (534.50/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 62917 |
| Area code | Area code 618 |
| FIPS code | 17-11397 |
| Website | www |
Carrier Mills, formerly Carrier's Mills and Morrilsville, also known as Catskin, is a village in Saline County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,672 at the 2020 census. Carrier Mills was named after George Washington Carrier's saw and grist mills, and was one of the early Cairo and Vincennes Railroad boomtowns. Founded as a mill town and then a coal mining community, Carrier Mills has slowly lost 44% of its population since the 1920 census high of 3,000, due to the decline of the local coal industry. The village has primarily become a bedroom community, located seven miles (11 km) southwest of Harrisburg, which is the village's main source of employment, entertainment, and shopping. It is the third largest community in the Harrisburg Micropolitan Statistical Area outside of Eldorado and Harrisburg, and included in the Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky Tri-State Area.[2] Carrier Mills also has a large African American population at 15%, compared to its neighbors, due to migration from the nearby community of Lakeview, the oldest African American settlement in the state of Illinois.
The village is host to the annual Catskin Days Fair and Parade, a multi-day fall festival event in October commemorating the history and culture of the village.[3][4]
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 (CBSA-EST2007-01)". 2007 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 27, 2008. Archived from the original (CSV) on July 9, 2010. Retrieved July 3, 2008.
- ^ The Southern Illinoisan Catskin Days brings food, fun, live music and wrestling to Carrier Mills September 19, 2019, https://thesouthern.com/entertainment/events/catskin-days-brings-food-fun-live-music-and-wrestling-to/article_dc788380-f568-5ab3-b117-4e91fe291021.html
- ^ Olney Daily Mail Carrier Mills firefighters plan for Catskin Days Jon Sternberg September 29, 2014, at 8:33 PM https://www.olneydailymail.com/article/20140929/News/140929307 Archived February 16, 2020, at the Wayback Machine