Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Meredosia, IL

Meredosia is a village in far northwestern Morgan County, Illinois, sitting on the east bank of the Illinois River at the Pike County line, and it is part of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The area's original French name was Marais d'Osier, meaning 'willow swamp,' a name given in the early 1800s.

The Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge lies directly north of the village, within the Illinois River floodplain.

The 2020 Census counted 826 people in Meredosia, down from 1,044 in 2010 - a decline of more than 20 percent in a single decade.

The village's population peaked at 1,272 residents in the 1980 Census, and its first census count, in 1880, was 750 people.

In the 2000 Census, Meredosia had 1,041 residents living in 450 households, with an average household size of 2.31 people.

In 2011, Ameren Energy Resources announced the closure of its power station in Meredosia, a loss of more than 50 jobs that was a major economic hit for the small community.

In June 2018 the village celebrated the opening of a new bridge over the Illinois River, replacing a 1936 bridge that had become too narrow for modern traffic; the crossing is an important transportation link between western Illinois and the center of the state.

Illinois Route 104 passes through Meredosia as its Main Street, leading about 21 miles southeast to Jacksonville, the Morgan County seat, and west across the river toward Quincy.

Meredosia covers about 0.90 square miles in total, of which roughly 4 percent is water.