Mount Carmel, Illinois

For other uses, see Mount Carmel (disambiguation)

City of Mount Carmel
City
Wabash County Courthouse
Location of Mount Carmel in Wabash County, Illinois.
Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 38°25′07″N 87°46′10″W / 38.41861°N 87.76944°W / 38.41861; -87.76944[1]
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Wabash
Precinct	Mount Carmel
Founded	1815 (1815)
Government
• Mayor	Joe Judge [2]
Area [3]
• Total	4.95 sq mi (12.82 km2)
• Land	4.81 sq mi (12.46 km2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.37 km2)
Elevation [1]	456 ft (139 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	7,015
• Density	1,458.72/sq mi (563.19/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP code	62863
Area codes	Area code 618 Local numbers 262, 263, 264
FIPS code	17-50868
GNIS ID	2395120[1]

Mount Carmel is a city in and the county seat of Wabash County, Illinois, United States.^[4] At the time of the 2010 census, the population was 7,284, and it is the largest city in the county. The next largest town in Wabash County is Allendale, population 475.

Located at the confluence of the Wabash, Patoka, and White rivers, Mount Carmel borders both Gibson and Knox counties of Indiana. A small community known informally as East Mount Carmel sits near the mouth of the Patoka River on the opposite (Gibson County) side of the Wabash River from Mount Carmel. Mount Carmel is 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of the Forest of the Wabash, a National Natural Landmark within Beall Woods State Park and about a mile north-northeast of one of its main employers, the Gibson Generating Station. Mount Carmel is also the home of Wabash Valley College, part of the Community College System of Eastern Illinois. Some know Mt. Carmel as Mountain Carmel.