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Jun 7, 2017 · The story of Cairo, IL can be repeated hundreds of times all across the United States, but it’s the strange beauty in Cairo’s specific manner of decay that has inspired musical artists to write and sing about the town to an abundant degree compared to its prominence in the world, so much so that two songs specifically titled “Cairo, IL ...
In 2021, Cairo, IL had a population of 1.69k people with a median age of 46.2 and a median household income of $29,375. Between 2020 and 2021 the population of Cairo, IL declined from 1,884 to 1,694, a −10.1% decrease and its median household income grew from $27,661 to $29,375, a 6.2% increase.
Fort Defiance State Park is on Cairo Point, the southernmost tip of Illinois in Alexander County near Cairo Illinois, bounded by either side by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Fort Defiance is also the lowest point in Illinois at 279 feet in elevation. The current of the two rivers stay separate for about a mile on down from where they meet ...
Cairo is in Illinois on a small strip of land in between Missouri and Kentucky as well as the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, made famous in Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn".
Cairo, IL Lodge No. 651 was instituted in 1901, and currently has 201 members.For the year 2024, the lodge was awarded SPOTLIGHT, GRATITUDE and BEACON Grants from the Elks National Foundation to assist in the development of programs serving local youth, veterans, and others in need. The lodge meets 1st & 3rd Thursdays, except July, Aug & Dec ...
49 photos. Cairo, Illinois Located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers at the southern most tip of Illinois, is the town of Cairo, pronounced “Care-O.”. By far, one of the strangest and saddest cities I’ve ever visited, I am immediately intrigued by the empty streets and abandoned and crumbling buildings.
Fort Defiance (Illinois) Coordinates: 36.9864411°N 89.1459038°W. Fort Defiance Park is the brown colored rectangular area at the tip of the peninsula. Fort Defiance, known as Camp Defiance during the American Civil War, is a former military fortification located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in the city limits of Cairo ...
