Mineral, Illinois

About Mineral

Mineral is a tiny community in northwestern Illinois counting 201 people who proudly call it home.

Mineral holds the status of an incorporated village, one of the most intimate forms of local government in America. The community covers 0.34 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 591 residents per square mile.

📰 Mineral News Today

• Planes flying over parts of Illinois and Missouri to map critical mineral resources WDBJ7 · Mar 23
• Planes flying over parts of Illinois and Missouri to map critical mineral resources WGEM · Mar 23
• Obituary for Judith H. Heston Vandemore Funeral Homes & Crematory · Dec 30
• Don Miller Obituary (1933 - 2026) - Atkinson, IL - The Rock Island Dispatch Argus Legacy obituary · Jun 6
• SW Illinois controls paint to hold off Mineral Area. Park Hills Daily Journal · Nov 12

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Mineral Unique

• Positioned in northwestern Illinois, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Illinois — one of 1,461 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Mineral

• Johnson Sauk Trail State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• McCune Sand Prairie · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Mineral

🏘️ Nearby Communities