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Granite City is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, within the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The population was 27,549 at the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Metro East and Southern Illinois regions, behind Belleville and O'Fallon.
- St. Louis. Granite City is around 15 minutes from the famous Gateway Arch, which sits in its own national park and of course heralds your entry to the West, and to St. Louis, Missouri.
- Cahokia Mounds State Park. Granite City is also a matter of minutes from a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Awaiting you at Cahokia Mounds State Park is the largest pre-Columbian settlement to be found north of Mexico.
- Lewis & Clark State Historic Site. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark passed the winter of 1803-04 at Camp Dubois, a few short miles north of Granite City near modern-day Wood river.
- Wilson Park. Many of the Granite City Park District’s recreation facilities can be found at this gorgeous community park, established in 1921 and surrounded by elegant homes from the turn of the 20th century.
Granite City is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, within the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The population was 27,549 at the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Metro East and Southern Illinois regions, behind Belleville and O'Fallon.
Granite City, city, Madison county, southwestern Illinois, U.S. Situated on the Mississippi River just northeast of St. Louis, Missouri, it lies within that city’s metropolitan area. Granite City was first settled in the early 19th century as a farming community and known as Six Mile Prairie, because its farmers had to travel that distance to ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
History of Granite City: Part I. The Beginnings of Six Mile Prairie (Pre-1750 - 1850 A.D.) The earliest known inhabitants of the American Bottoms were the Cahokia Indians & Mound Builders who are most prominently recognized for their high knolls constructed above the plains of present day Cahokia, Illinois.
Granite City is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. At the 2010 census, the population was 29,849, with a total of about 67,000 in the immediate area.
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Granite City. FROM THE DESK OF MAYOR MIKE PARKINSON. Click here to read our inaugural issue of the Granite City Newsletter. Feature Information. Welcome to Granite City, IL.
