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Bookmark or Share- Valmeyer, Illinois - WikipediaValmeyer is a village in Monroe County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,233 at the 2020 census. [2] . It was originally located in the American Bottom floodplain of the Mississippi River but now occupies higher land to the east. History.
- Village of Valmeyer, Illinois | Valmeyer IL - FacebookVillage of Valmeyer, Illinois, Valmeyer, Illinois. 2,122 likes · 156 were here. This is the official Facebook page for the Village of Valmeyer, IL.
- The Illinois town that got up and left - BBCIn the summer of 1993, the southwestern Illinois town of Valmeyer took the brunt of a massive flood when, not once but twice in a month, the swollen Mississippi River topped its levee system. The...
- “A City Upon a Hill” - Belt Magazine“A City Upon a Hill” - Belt Magazine. May 14, 2021. In 1993, the Mississippi River destroyed the town of Valmeyer, Illinois. So residents moved it a mile uphill. By Rachel Hellman. Kyle Duffy offers to drive me in his Toyota pickup to the empty place down the bluff where his home used to be.
- How a river town relocated, with climate lessons for todayIncreasingly, say researchers, Valmeyer may be a model for communities facing existential threats of climate change: higher seas that flood coastal communities, more frequent floods from...
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