Willard is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Alexander County,

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

, United States. Willard is located in southwest Alexander County. It is located at the neck of Dogtooth Bend and Dogtooth Island, a fluvial oxbow bend and island in the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...

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Unincorporated communities in Alexander County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area {{AlexanderCountyIL-geo-stub