Piasa, Shipman Township, Macoupin County, Illinois, United States

Overview of Piasa

• Name:
  Piasa
• Place Type:
  Unincorporated Populated Place
• Located In:
  Shipman Township, Macoupin County, Illinois, United States
  
• History (GNIS):
  The Indian name of a huge animal figure which they had chiseled in an adjacent ledge of rock on the banks of the Mississippi River. The word seems to refer to a panther.
• Surveys:
  Township 8 North, Range 9 West, Third Principal Meridian
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:39.115879839° 06' 57.2"N

  Longitude:-90.123719890° 07' 25.4"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Miles Station (Brighton Township) 3.3 mi. S
  • Fidelity (Fidelity Township, Jersey County) 3.4 mi. NW
  • Medora (Chesterfield Township) 4.2 mi. N
  • Shipman 4.3 mi. E
  • Brighton (Brighton Township) 5.3 mi. S
  • Royal Lakes (Hillyard Township) 8.7 mi. E
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Piasa 0.1 mi. W
  • Trible (Fidelity Township, Jersey County) 1.4 mi. W
  • Asbury (Brighton Township) 2.6 mi. SW
  • Asbury (Brighton Township) 2.7 mi. SW
  • Miles Station (Brighton Township) 3.1 mi. S
  • Eldridge (Piasa Township, Jersey County) 4.2 mi. SW
  • Moore (Fidelity Township, Jersey County) 4.3 mi. W
  • Shipman (Shipman) 4.3 mi. E
  • Medora (Ruyle Township, Jersey County) 4.6 mi. N
  • Saint Denis (Shipman) 4.7 mi. E
  • Longwill (Fidelity Township, Jersey County) 4.8 mi. NW
  • Chapman (Fidelity Township, Jersey County) 4.9 mi. W
• Elevation:
  181 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  414260030
• Updated Apr 19, 2020