Moro, Illinois
# Moro, Illinois

Moro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Madison County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 387. Moro, like all of Madison County, is part of the Illinois Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area.

The city of Moro, Oregon, is named for the Illinois community.

## Geography

Moro is located in northwestern Madison County and sits at the northeast edge of the urban portion of the Metro-East area. It is bordered to the southwest by the village of Bethalto, while unincorporated Meadowbrook is 2 miles (3 km) to the southeast. Downtown St. Louis is 26 miles (42 km) to the southwest. Moro has a post office with ZIP code 62067.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Moro CDP has a total area of 0.22 square miles (0.57 $km^2),$ of which 0.004 square miles (0.010 $km^2),$ or 1.79%, are water. The community drains west to Rocky Branch, a tributary of the East Fork of the Wood River, running to the Mississippi River at East Alton.

