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Metropolis
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city in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Massac
- Total
- 6.16 sq mi (15.96 km )
- Land
- 6.02 sq mi (15.59 km )
- Water
- 0.14 sq mi (0.37 km )
- Elevation
- 328 ft (100 m)
- Density
- 991.6/sq mi (382.84/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-48645
- Website
- metropolisil.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Metropolis
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Massac County
- Population
- 5969
- Area
- 15.486756
- Elevation
- 94
- Body of water
- Ohio River
- Capital of
- Massac County
- Official website
- www.cityofmetropolis.com
- Image
- Fort Massac.jpg
- Households
- 2624
- Dialing code
- 618
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- postal code
- 62960
- Commons category
- Metropolis, Illinois
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Metropolis, Illinois
- inception
- 1757-01-01
- P8168
- B20
- water as percent of area
- 1.8648
- per capita income
- 21730
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Metropolis is a city and the county seat in Massac County, Illinois, United States. It is located by the Ohio River. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 5,969, down from 6,537 in 2010. Metropolis is part of the Paducah metropolitan area in Southern Illinois.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metropolis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.