Dix is a village in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States.

[4] Illinois Route 37 is the village's Main Street, leading south 9 miles (14 km) to Mount Vernon, the county seat, and north 13 miles (21 km) to Salem.

[5] Dix is located on high ground that marks the boundary between the Big Muddy River and its tributary, Casey Creek.

One of them established a post office called "Jordan's Prairie", the name already given to the grassland to the south.

[citation needed] Hiram Milburn of Kell, Illinois, moved to Rome between 1853 and 1855.

It is said that during the construction of the hotel, a wind blew the structure down into a pile, while two men were on the joists, but nobody was hurt.

[citation needed] Although Rome Township still exists, the name of the post office was changed to "Dix" in 1865.

[6] There was and still is another Rome, Illinois, and the Postal Service insisted that the name of this village be changed.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, General Dix sent a telegram to his agents in New Orleans stating: "If any man pulls down the American flag, shoot him on the spot."