Kaskaskia, the former state capital, is now not only on the west side of the Mississippi river, but appears to have a total population of 9! Here’s a nice street map/aerial photo from Google. Upper left, you’ll have to move the map a bit and zoom in/shift to aerial photo to appreciate.
Anybody ever been there? What’s it like? Anybody live in Dozaville, the suburb of Kaskaskia?
I haven’t, but I think it would be cool to visit. I will, however, link to one of my favorite Cecil dopes.
I’ve been through there. It’s a tiny little farming community (by “community” I mean not much more than a cluster of homes) in a river bottom.
If you like areas that are on the “wrong” side of the state line, try St. Joseph, Mo., Carter Lake, Ia., or that little chunk of Kentucky directly south of New Madrid, Mo.
I want to know what’s up with this island in the river nearby. The map shows a whole bunch of roads, but the satellite image shows a completely wooded sandy river island. I suppose it is possible that it has been developed since the picture was taken, but an island in the middle of a river that regularly floods seems an unlikely place to build.
I’ve driven through a couple of times and as kunilou said there is not much there. A couple of friends go too school a few miles south in Cape Girareau and would travel there to buy alcohol because Illinois sells later into the night then Missouri.
QG…
been there and appraised real estate there…Kaskaskia is just like most other areas of SW Illinois / SE Missouri 
Look at the topos of the area…wrong side of the main levy…
tsfr…
sorry RetroVertigo but if you’re in Cape and need your fix you go to East Cape…just like in St Louis…btw RetroVertigo it’s Caper Girardeau…just kiddin’ 
tsfr
Looking closely at the aerial photos, I must assume that the population of 9 applies only to the area comprising the actual village of Kaskaskia, and not to the whole bit of Illinois west of the river surrounding the village.
The Mrs. and I were planning a vacation to southern California this summer, but I think we’ll have to make it a road trip to this unique piece of geography. I’m sure you must be mistaken, thisspaceforrent. It must be a magical place! 
We’ll try to hit the Kentucky freestanding geographic oddity south of New Madrid, too.
I wonder if we can make it up to Point Roberts and Angle Inlet then too…
I love going through small towns like that. If you’re lucky, there’s a diner and you can walk in and it’s “all eyes on the strangers” for the entire meal. Then they talk about you for a week afterward.
They live off campus in Perryville, so I think it was just closer then East Cape.
Sorry about the spelling it was getting late 