Prairie du Rocher
A village in Randolph County, Illinois — population 548 as of 2020.
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Hoyt Frederick Sanders
Hoyt Frederick Sanders, 69, of Red Bud, passed away Monday, Feb. 9, 2026 at his residence in Red Bud. A celebration of life will be [...]
Obituaries
Meeting to be held Saturday to discuss possible future of EAC
At their August meeting, the Sparta School District Board discussed the idea of consolidating the district’s two elementary schools – Evansville Attendance Center and Sparta [...]
Education
Career milestone
Norah Wagner, a junior at Red Bud High School, was honored prior to the Musketeer’s victory over the Panthers on Sept. 1 for reaching 1,000 [...]
Local Sports
Corbyn Legendre named to ISBE’s student advisory council
Recently it was announced that Corbyn Legendre was selected to serve as a member of the Illinois State Board of Education’s Student Advisory Council. Legendre, [...]
Education
A look at the work that’s being done at city hall
HARD AT WORK–Despite there being some extremely hot temperatures recently, over the past few weeks crews have been hard at work doing tuckpoint work on [...]
Government & Civic
Dependahl is IDNR Volunteer of Year
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR–Rich Dependahl is pictured receiving the IDNR Volunteer of the Year Award from Illinois Department of Natural Resources interim Director Renée Snow. [...]
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Prairie du Rocher by the numbers
- Area
- 0.57 sq mi (1.48 km²)
- Median age
- 40.3
- Households
- 205
- Persons per household
- 2.2
- Median household income
- $66,161
- Median house value
- $88,800
- Office
- VILLAGE CLERK
- Address
- PO BOX 325, PRAIRIE DU ROCHER, IL 62277