About East Gillespie, IL

East Gillespie is a tiny Illinois town of about 370 people in Macoupin County, roughly an hour northeast of St. Louis. Take I-55 to the Litchfield exit, then Route 16 west to Route 4 north. The town sits along State Route 4, which connects it to nearby Gillespie and provides access to the I-55 corridor. Originally built as a coal mining company town, several original miners' houses from the early 1900s still stand along its quiet residential streets.

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East Gillespie, IL is in United States, at 39.138, -89.813 - about 19 km south of Carlinville, IL.

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