Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- St. Clair
- Mayor
- Curtis McCall Jr.
- Total
- 10.31 sq mi (26.70 km )
- Land
- 9.75 sq mi (25.26 km )
- Water
- 0.56 sq mi (1.44 km )
- Elevation
- 407 ft (124 m)
- Density
- 1,423.1/sq mi (549.46/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-10370
- Wikimedia commons
- Cahokia, Illinois
- Website
- www .cahokiaillinois .org
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cahokia
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- St. Clair County
- Population
- 12096
- Area
- 25.646126
- Elevation
- 407
- Image
- Old Cahokia Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 4942
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- Commons category
- Cahokia, Illinois
- inception
- 1699-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 5.0482
- per capita income
- 16769
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Encyclopedic overview
Cahokia was a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, founded as a colonial French mission in 1689. Cahokia is on the east side of the Mississippi River in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, Cahokia had a population of 12,096. On May 6, 2021, the village was incorporated into the new city of Cahokia Heights.
The name refers to one of the clans of the historic Illiniwek confederacy, who met early French explorers to the region. Early European settlers named the nearby (and long-abandoned) Cahokia Mounds in present-day Madison County after the Illini clan. The UNESCO World Heritage Site and State Historic Park were developed by the Mississippian culture, active here from 900 to 1500 AD. A connection to the clan is possible but unknown. The area was part of an extensive urban complex, the largest of the far-flung Mississippian culture territory through the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cahokia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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