Rockwood, IL

united states

Rockwood is a tiny farming community in southern Illinois with just 14 residents, located along Route 3 between Chester and Red Bud. Most visitors drive from St. Louis via I-255 south to Route 3, about 45 miles through rolling farmland. The community sits in Randolph County's agricultural heartland, where corn and soybean fields dominate the landscape between the Mississippi River and Shawnee National Forest.