Lake Ka-ho is a village in Cahokia Township,

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, United States. It was incorporated in 2000. The population was 194 at the 2020 census, down from 237 in

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. The village is part of the St. Louis, MO–IL

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Geography

The village is in southeastern Macoupin County, surrounding Lake Ka-Ho, a reservoir built on a tributary of Panther Creek. It is just south of Mount Olive Lake, a reservoir built on Panther Creek. The reservoirs are in the watershed of Cahokia Creek, which flows west-southwest to the

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near St. Louis. Lake Ka-Ho is northwest of Mount Olive and southeast of Gillespie. Interstate 55 passes just southeast of the village limits, with access from Exit 44 west of Mount Olive. According to the

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, the village has a total area of , of which are land and , or 12.35%, are water.

Demographics

References

Villages in Macoupin County, Illinois Villages in Illinois Populated places established in 2000 2000 establishments in Illinois {{MacoupinCountyIL-geo-stub