Editing Pontoon Beach, Illinois (section)

==Geography==
Pontoon Beach is located in southwestern Madison County {{convert|15|mi}} northeast of [[St. Louis]]. It is bordered to the west by [[Granite City, Illinois|Granite City]], to the northwest by [[Mitchell, Illinois|Mitchell]], to the north by [[Edwardsville, Illinois|Edwardsville]], the Madison [[county seat]], to the east by [[Glen Carbon, Illinois|Glen Carbon]], to the southeast by [[Collinsville, Illinois|Collinsville]], to the south by [[Fairmont City, Illinois|Fairmont City]], and to the southwest by [[Madison, Illinois|Madison]].

[[Illinois Route 111]] runs through the village center, leading north {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Wood River, Illinois|Wood River]] and south {{convert|5|mi|0}} to Fairmont City. [[Illinois Route 162]] crosses Route 111 south of the village center; it leads east {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Troy, Illinois|Troy]] and southwest five miles to Madison. [[Interstate 255]] runs through the east part of the village limits, with access from Exit 26 (Horseshoe Lake Road) and Exit 29 (IL 162). [[Interstate 270 (Missouri–Illinois)|Interstate 270]] crosses the northern part of the village, with access from Exit 6 (IL 111).

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Pontoon Beach has a total area of {{convert|12.4|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|10.0|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|2.5|sqmi}}, or 19.92%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> The village is in the [[American Bottom]] region, part of the [[Mississippi River]] floodplain. A portion of [[Horseshoe Lake (Madison County, Illinois)|Horseshoe Lake]], an [[oxbow lake]] that is a former channel of the Mississippi, is in the southwest part of the village.