State Illinois
City Metropolis
Latitude/Longitude 37.15, -88.73
Land Area 5 mi2
Population 98,609
Bordering Cities
Paducah, Nashville, Saint Louis
Counties
Massac County
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Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. It is the most populous state in the Midwest region; however with 65% of its residents concentrated in the Chicago metropolitan area, most of the state has either a rural or a small town character. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is an important transportation hub; the Port of Chicago connects the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River. As the "most average state", Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics.
In the 1810s settlers began arriving from Kentucky; Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The state filled up from south to north. Chicago was founded in the 1830s on the banks of the Chicago River, one of the few natural harbors on southern Lake Michigan. Railroads and John Deere's invention of the self-scouring steel plow turned Illinois' rich prairie into some of the world's most productive and valuable farmlands, attracting immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. By 1900, the growth of industrial jobs in the northern cities and coal mining in the central and southern areas attracted immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe. Illinois was an important manufacturing center during both world wars. The Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to Chicago, established a large community that created the city's famous jazz and blues cultures.
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Displaying 1-33 of 33 listings near Metropolis, Illinois
Steve Gorham
P.O. Box 514 2435 Broadway
Paducah, KY 42001
(270) 442-3739
Jonathan C. Goodman
3223 Hwy 641 North
Benton, KY 42025
(270) 527-2957
calvaryofbenton.com
Pastor Woosley
10261 US Highway 62
Calvert City, KY 42029
(502) 898-3620
Phil Porter
Hwy. 62/ E. Paducah
Calvert City, KY 42029
(502) 898-3620
Terry Norris
3697 County Road 1016
Bardwell, KY 42023
(270) 642-2427
Bryan P. Braden
714 Filmore St.
Metropolis, IL 62960
(618) 638-3362
ohiovalleybaptist.org
Michael J. Donald
109 Main Street
Calvert City, KY 42029
(270) 395-5683
pathwaybaptist.org
Stan Durrett
PO Box 276
West Paducah, KY 42086
(270) 744-9298
rickmanroad.org/
Stan Durrett
3335 Rickman Road
West Paducah, KY 42086
(270) 744-9298
rickmanroad.org