Editing Kaskaskia, Illinois (section)

==Geography==

[[File:Kaskaskia IL and vicinity USGS topo map.jpg|thumb|[[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] [[topographic map]] of Kaskaskia]]

Kaskaskia is located at {{Coord|37.921395|-89.916467|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12 |df=mdy-all|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
According to the 2010 census, Kaskaskia has a total area of {{convert|0.11|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1739129
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=2015-08-04 |df=mdy-all
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213085700/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1739129
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref> However, the village comprises only a small part of [[Kaskaskia Precinct, Randolph County, Illinois|Kaskaskia Precinct]], which includes all of Randolph County's land west of the Mississippi. Kaskaskia Precinct has a land area of {{convert|24.037|sqmi|km2|3|abbr=on}} and a 2020 census population of 31 people.<ref name="2020 Profile">{{cite web|title=DP1: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=060XX00US1715791818&tid=DECENNIALDP2020.DP1|access-date=September 23, 2023}}</ref> In 1993 the [[Great Flood of 1993|Mississippi River almost completely flooded]] the island.