Kell

Geography

Kell is located in southern Marion County south-southeast of Salem, the county seat, and northeast of Dix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kell has a total area of , of which , or 0.20%, are water. Casey Creek has its headwaters in the north-central part of the village and flows southward through the village center. It is a tributary of the Big Muddy River, which runs south to the Mississippi River north of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The northwest part of the village drains to Raccoon Creek, a west-flowing tributary of Crooked Creek and part of the Kaskaskia River watershed flowing to the Mississippi near Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. The divide between the Casey Creek/Big Muddy Basin and the Kaskaskia Basin is about west of town, over a rise that is barely noticeable. The eastern part of the village drains to Horse Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Skillet Fork of the Little Wabash River, part of the Ohio River watershed, which flows to the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois. The divide between the Ohio River watershed and the other tributaries of the Mississippi is within the village limits just east of the village center. The village water tower sits atop this prominent ridge.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,565
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  1,129
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  993
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  993
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  927
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  858
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  827
• White-breasted Nuthatch

  Sitta carolinensis Latham, 1790 · Aves
  821

Largest nearby schools

• Selmaville Elem School
  Elementary · Salem · 239 students · 14.1:1 ratio
• Raccoon Cons Elem School
  Elementary · Centralia · 225 students · 13.2:1 ratio
• Kell Grade School
  Elementary · Kell · 83 students · 13.8:1 ratio