  beckemeyer is a village in wade township, clinton county, illinois, united states. the population was 1,040 as of the 2010 census. == history == samuel b. watkins was reported to be the first settler in the area around 1817. beckemeyer began as a way station on the ohio and mississippi railroad. it was organized and laid out in 1866 and originally named "buxton" in honor of a railroad attorney. a large coal seam underlying the village and surrounding area was mined starting in 1894, resulting in growth of buxton. it wa
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