Editing Carrier Mills, Illinois (section)

==Geography==
Carrier Mills is located at {{Coord|37|41|13|N|88|37|45|W|type:city}} (37.686923, -88.629149).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the 2010 census, Carrier Mills has a total area of {{convert|1.221|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.21|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 99.1%) is land and {{convert|0.011|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 0.9%) is water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
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  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
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  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
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Carrier Mills sits upon a heavily [[Room and pillar|undermined]] hillside that overlooks a shallow flatland to the south, where its sister community of [[Lakeview, Illinois|Lakeview]] was built in a region of swampy land drained by the South Fork of the [[Saline River (Illinois)|Saline River]]. In the distance, two ridges of the [[Shawnee Hills]] can be seen from town in a distinct blue haze.<ref>Illinois: a descriptive and historical guide By Federal Writers' Project, Illinois</ref>

The village is split into two distinct sections with Washington Street being the only main east–west oriented avenue connecting them. In between the two sections is the elevated  [[New York Central]] Railroad bed, now the [[Tunnel Hill State Trail]], on a large swath of grass, and the now defunct streetcar bypass on Carline Street, splitting the village in a southwest to northeast angle. Downtown is located in the southwest corner, the largest section of the village to the northwest, and East End to the southeast, [[US Route 45]] borders the southern edge, giving Carrier Mills its distinctive 'L' shape.<ref name="Hiscmills"/>