Hamilton County, Illinois Land Market Insights and Pricing

McLeansboro is the county seat of Hamilton County, a mostly agricultural region comprising cornfields and small Midwestern farming communities. This often-overlooked area of southern Illinois is also home to a few surprising attractions, including the country's largest archaeological site,?Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, over 100 wineries and outdoor recreation like bouldering and mountain biking in 280,000-acre Shawnee National Forest. Hamilton County ranks 102nd out of 102 counties in the Inland Empire for the combined amount of land currently advertised for sale. Broughton had the most land for sale. Agriculture and farming drives the Hamilton County economy, with 695 farms recorded in the county during the U.S. Census in 2012. Farming activities in Hamilton County generate annual revenues of $11 million, most of which is from crops. Hamilton County is Illinois's 68th biggest county (435 square miles). It's located in the Southern Illinois region of the state.