Roaches is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Casner Township, Jefferson County,

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, United States. Roaches is located along the

Evansville Western Railway The Evansville Western Railway is a Class II (as of 2022) regional railroad operating in the southern Illinois and Indiana region. It is one of three regional railroad subsidiaries owned and operated by P&L Transportation. Overview Founded ...

west of Woodlawn.

References

Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois {{JeffersonCountyIL-geo-stub