What is "mascoutah"

Population (2000): 5659
Housing Units (2000): 2309
Land area (2000): 8.637893 sq. miles (22.372039 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.060983 sq. miles (0.157946 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.698876 sq. miles (22.529985 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47423
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 38.497312 N, 89.801248 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62258
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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