| Ballou | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Will |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Wesley |
| Pushpin Map: | Illinois#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ballou within Illinois |
| Coordinates: | 41.2775°N -88.1019°W |
| Elevation M: | 184 |
| Elevation Ft: | 604 |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 60481 |
| Area Codes: | 815, 779 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 422429 |
Ballou is an unincorporated community in southern Will County, Illinois, United States. It is located three miles southeast of the city of Wilmington in Wesley Township.
Ballou is home to only a few houses and a grain elevator that serves the area farms. Other than the eponymous Ballou Road, a two-lane country road, there are no city streets or services. A railroad track that formerly crossed Ballou Road next to the grain elevator was dismantled in the 1990s.