Spillertown, Illinois (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Spillertown is a village in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 220 at the 2000 census.Richard Bankston first settled in the area of Spillertown in 1812 and entered the southwest quarter of Section 6, Township 9 South, Range 3 East, on Aug. 4, 1817. Elijah N. Spiller, who along with three other brothers arrived in what would become Williamson County a year earlier, bought Bankston's improvements and the area soon became known for the Spiller family. His home stood on the old road that ran between Marion and Benton. In the earliest day it was known as the Harmony road as settlers would take it north to Garret's Tavern, the old county set of Franklin County and then east to New Harmony, Indiana. The community had a history of excellent schools under the old Spillertown District 54. The last school building now serves as a community building, village hall and polling place.