Valmeyer was named after a German immigrant who settled there , Val-Meyer , literally : " The valley of the Meyers " . Many of his relations and descendants live in the area to this day . The original site of the village in the American Bottom floodplain was inundated by the Great Flood of 1993 of the Mississippi River . After the flood receded , the village accepted federal government assistance to relocate to higher ground about to the east atop the bluffs , on the north side of the eponymous valley
Great Flood of 1993
Great Flood of 1993
Valmeyer, Illinois