Cairo, IL

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cairo,_IL
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:areaCode 618
gptkbp:areaLandKm2 17.97
gptkbp:areaTotalKm2 21.17
gptkbp:areaWaterKm2 3.20
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:county gptkb:Alexander_County
gptkbp:declinedAfter economic downturn and flooding
gptkbp:elevationM 96
gptkbp:FIPS_code 17-10422
gptkbp:GNIS_feature_ID 2393462
gptkbp:historicalSignificance important river port in 19th century
Union Army base during American Civil War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cairo, IL
gptkbp:incorporated 1858
gptkbp:latitude 37.0056
gptkbp:locatedAtConfluenceOf gptkb:Mississippi_River
gptkb:Ohio_River
gptkbp:longitude -89.1767
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Cairo,_Egypt
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Cairo_Mississippi_River_Bridge
gptkb:Cairo_Ohio_River_Bridge
Custom House
gptkbp:notableEvent racial tensions and civil rights protests in 1960s-1970s
gptkbp:population 1,733
gptkbp:populationAsOf 2020
gptkbp:state gptkb:Illinois
gptkbp:timezone Central (CST)
gptkbp:zipCode 62914
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Puxico_(album)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7