Macoupin County is a great area for every kind of person. Business minded, family minded, people just looking for a fun area to live, there is something for everyone in Macoupin County.
Historic sites also abound in southern Macoupin County. The struggles experienced by the early labor movement are recalled by the monument marking the grave of Mary Harris "Mother Jones" at Union Cemetery in Mt. Olive. The cemetery itself is significant in that it is the only union cemetery in the nation, created to accept the remains of six miners killed during the mining riot of 1898 in Virden. Visitors to southern Macoupin County also may want to visit Holy Dormition Church in Benld, known for its Eastern style architecture and the many religious icons painted by a local priest in the 1930s.
