Goreville is a village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States.

The village is named after John Gore, who bought 40 acres of land in the area from the United States Government in 1854.

In 1866 a post office was built on the land and it was named Goreville in honor of the John Gore.

[3] In 1898 the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad built a train line about a mile northeast of town.

Illinois Route 37 passes through the village, leading south 6 miles (10 km) to Buncombe and north 5 miles (8 km) to Interstate 57 at Exit 45, just north of that highway's interchange with Interstate 24.