Creal Springs, Illinois

About Creal Springs

Creal Springs is a tiny community in southern Illinois, home to 498 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Creal Springs holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.03 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 483 residents per square mile.

📰 Creal Springs News Today

• Creal Springs, IL Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Sep 17
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Creal Springs, Illinois - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jun 27
• Danny DeWayne Odum Obituary (2026) - Creal Springs, IL - Watson Funeral Home - Eldorado Legacy | Obituary · Jun 8
• Police arrest suspect in Marion business thefts WPSD Local 6 · Mar 25
• Saline River Farms gives update on Illinois beef processing plant meat+poultry · Jan 23

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📰 Local News

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What Makes Creal Springs Unique

• The only place in America named Creal Springs — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southern 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

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Creal Springs

• Sugar Creek Cafe — american (café)
• Big Blue's BBQ — barbecue

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏫 Schools in Creal Springs

• Adams School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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