Metropolis (Illinois)
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![Elijah P. Curtis House in Metropolis, listed in the NRHP since 1978 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Curtis_House_Metropolis_IL.JPG) Elijah P. Curtis House in Metropolis, listed in the NRHP since 1978 |
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| Foundation : | 1839 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Massac County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 9 ′ N , 88 ° 44 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 6,537 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 502.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 13 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 110 m | ||
| Postal code : | 62960 | ||
| Area code : | +1 618 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-48645 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 413456 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofmetropolis.com | ||
Metropolis is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Massac County in southern US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 , Metropolis had 6537 inhabitants.
geography
Metropolis lies at 37 ° 09'04 "north latitude and 88 ° 43'55" west longitude and extends over 13 km². The city is on the right bank of the Ohio River , which forms the border with Kentucky . The Mississippi River , which separates Illinois from Missouri , is 40 miles west. The Indiana border is 134 km to the northeast.
Neighboring locations to Metropolis are Joppa (8.2 miles northwest), Round Knob (7.7 miles north), and Brookport (8.9 miles east-southeast). On the opposite bank of the river, Paducah city center is 21.4 km southeast of Metropolis.
The closest major cities are St. Louis , Missouri (253 km northwest), Louisville , Kentucky (374 km east-northeast), Tennessee's capital Nashville (240 km southeast) and Tennessee's largest city, Memphis (292 km southwest).
traffic
The oldest traffic route is the Ohio River, on which an important part of the flow of goods is still transported through the eastern center of the USA. The river is kept navigable for large inland waterways by means of dams.
On the eastern edge of Metropolis, Interstate 24 , which runs northwest to Nashville, crosses the Ohio. US Highway 45 runs through the city center . All other roads are subordinate routes or inner-city connecting roads.
A joint railway line of the Canadian National Railway , the BNSF Railway and the Paducah & Louisville Railway runs through the city , which also crosses the Ohio via the Metropolis Bridge .
The Metropolis Municipal Airport is a small airfield on the northwestern edge of the city. The nearest major airports are Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport (274 km northwest), Nashville International Airport (150 miles southeast) and Memphis International Airport (311 km southwest).
history
After the region was first inhabited by various Indian peoples, the French built the Fort Massac in 1757 as a fortified military post against the English during the "French and Indian War" . During the war, the fort was destroyed by Chickasaw warriors .
In 1794 the fort was rebuilt by order of George Washington and served as an American military post for the next 20 years. After the fort was damaged during the New Madrid earthquake in 1811, the fort was abandoned in 1814 and the wood was used for buildings by surrounding settlers.
In 1839, today's city was laid out according to plan, around a mile west of the former fort. In 1843, Massac County was founded and the city became its administrative seat.
During the civil war , a training camp for the Union Army was maintained here.
The Daughters of the American Revolution acquired the area of the then fort in 1903 and had a replica of the old fort built. In 1908, Fort Massac State Park was the first state park in Illinois.
Since 1958, there has been a ConverDyn factory in Metropolis, a joint subsidiary of Honeywell and General Atomics , which produces uranium hexafluoride . This is processed further in the uranium enrichment plant in nearby Paducah on the opposite bank of the river.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Metropolis had 6,537 people in 2,832 households. The population density was 502.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.21 people lived in each of the 2,832 households.
The racial the population was composed of 87.3 percent white, 8.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.
22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.0 percent were 65 years or older. 55.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 32,715 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,361. 16.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- Christopher Jackson (* 1975), film and stage actor
Known residents
- Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951), writer and film director
- Jack Smith (1924-2001), NASCAR racing driver
- John Steele (1912–1969), parachutist, best known for the film The Longest Day
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 78001172.Retrieved August 2, 2012
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 2, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 2, 2012
- ^ History of Metropolis. Retrieved August 2, 2012
- ↑ ConverDyn.Retrieved August 2, 2012