Map of St. Francisville city, Illinois

St. Francisville or Saint Francisville is a city in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States. The population was 697 at the 2010 census.

St. Francisville city overview:
Name:	St. Francisville city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Illinois
County:	Lawrence County
Elevation:	459 ft (140 m)
Total Area:	0.78 sq mi (2.02 km²)
Land Area:	0.74 sq mi (1.93 km²)
Water Area:	0.03 sq mi (0.09 km²)
Total Population:	568
Population Density:	762.42/sq mi (294.39/km²)
Area code:	618
FIPS code:	1766833
GNISfeature ID:	2396489

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History

St. Francisville is rooted in a stockade built by Joseph Tougas in the early 1810s. The city was platted by Tougas’s widow in the mid-1830s. It was named for St. Francis Xavier, reflecting the growing influence of Jesuit missionaries in the area. The city incorporated in 1873.

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Geography

St. Francisville is located in southeastern Lawrence County in the southeast corner of Denison Township. It is on the west bank of the Wabash River, which forms the state border with Indiana.

The city is 12 miles (19 km) south of Lawrenceville, the county seat. The Wabash Cannon Ball Bridge, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of St. Francisville, is a former railroad bridge that is now a one-lane toll bridge over the Wabash River which provides the most direct route to Vincennes, Indiana, 9 miles (14 km) to the northeast.

According to the 2010 census, St. Francisville has a total area of 0.784 square miles (2.03 km), of which 0.75 square miles (1.94 km) (or 95.66%) is land and 0.034 square miles (0.09 km) (or 4.34%) is water.