Metro-East

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Metro-East is a region in Illinois that comprises the eastern suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It encompasses five Illinois counties in the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area.^[1] The region's largest city is Belleville. The Metro-East is the second largest urban area in Illinois after Chicago.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 List of counties 4 List of cities, towns, and villages 4.1 Clinton County 4.2 Jersey County 4.3 Madison County 4.4 Monroe County 4.5 St. Clair County 5 Colleges and Universities 6 Highways 6.1 State Highways 6.2 U.S. Routes 6.3 Interstate Highways 7 Major Employers 8 Professional sports teams 9 Tourist attractions 10 Residents, historic figures, and contributors 11 Media in the Metro-East 11.1 St. Louis Area TV Stations 11.2 Champaign-Urbana/Decatur/Springfield Area TV Stations 11.3 Paducah/Cape Girardeau/Harrisburg Area TV Stations 11.4 Daily Newspapers 11.5 Radio Stations 12 Metro-East in fiction 13 Area Codes 14 References 15 External links

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the five counties of the region have a total area of 6,974 km² (2,692 mi²). 6,787 km² (2,620 mi²) of it is land and 186 km² (71 mi²) of it (2.74%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 599,845 people, 229,888 households, and 160,260 families residing in the five Metro-East counties.

The official language is English, although various other languages are spoken. German speakers exist in southeastern Madison, Clinton, southern and eastern St. Clair Counties, and most of Monroe County. Spanish is spoken in the Fairmont City area, and in parts of Clinton County. The largest concentration of African-Americans is in Madison, Venice, western Granite City, East St. Louis, Washington Park,^{[disambiguation needed]} Belleville, and Alton. Secondary languages tend to be cultural or reminiscent of ancestry, and not related to the general business of the area.

[edit] List of counties

• Clinton
• Jersey
• Madison
• Monroe
• St. Clair
• Bond
• Calhoun
• Macoupin

[edit] List of cities, towns, and villages

Notes:

• ^ means part of city in another county(ies)
• Bold indicates County Seat

[edit] Clinton County

Albers Aviston Bartelso Beckemeyer Breese Carlyle Centralia ^(Also in Marion County)

Damiansville Germantown Huey Keyesport ^(Also in Bond County) New Baden ^(Also in St. Clair County) Trenton Wamac ^(Also in Washington and Marion Counties)

[edit] Jersey County

Brighton ^(Also in Macoupin County) Chautauqua Delhi Dow Elsah

Fidelity Fieldon Grafton Jerseyville Otterville

[edit] Madison County

Alhambra Alton Bethalto Collinsville ^(Also in St. Clair County) Dorsey East Alton Edwardsville

Fairmont City ^(Also in St. Clair County) Glen Carbon Godfrey Granite City Hamel Highland Livingston

Madison Marine Maryville New Douglas Pierron ^(Also in Bond County) Pontoon Beach Roxana

South Roxana Troy Venice Wood River Worden

[edit] Monroe County

Columbia Fults Hecker Mayestown

Valmeyer Wartburg Waterloo

[edit] St. Clair County

Belleville Cahokia Caseyville Centreville Collinsville ^(Also in Madison County) Dupo East St. Louis

Fairmont City ^(Also in Madison County) Fairview Heights Fayetteville Freeburg Lebanon Lenzburg Marissa

Mascoutah Millstadt New Athens O'Fallon St. Libory Sauget Shiloh

Swansea Washington Park

[edit] Colleges and Universities

• Greenville College
• Kaskaskia College
• Lewis and Clark Community College
• McKendree University
• Principia College
• SIUE
• Southwestern Illinois College

[edit] Highways

[edit] State Highways

Illinois Route 3 Illinois Route 4 Illinois Route 13 Illinois Route 15 Illinois Route 16 Illinois Route 100

Illinois Route 109 Illinois Route 111 Illinois Route 127 Illinois Route 140 Illinois Route 143 Illinois Route 153

Illinois Route 156 Illinois Route 157 Illinois Route 158 Illinois Route 159 Illinois Route 160 Illinois Route 161

Illinois Route 162 Illinois Route 163 Illinois Route 177 Illinois Route 203 Illinois Route 255 (An extension of Interstate 255) Illinois Route 267

[edit] U.S. Routes

• U.S. Route 40
• U.S. Route 50
• U.S. Route 51
• U.S. Route 66 (Historical Route Designation)
• U.S. Route 67

[edit] Interstate Highways

• Interstate 55
• Interstate 64
• Interstate 70
• Interstate 255
• Interstate 270

[edit] Major Employers

• Anheuser-Busch
• Charter Communications
• Scott Air Force Base
• Gateway Grizzlies
• Monsanto
• National Steel
• U.S. Steel
• Olin Corporation
• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
• Norrenberns Trucking
• Illinois Department of Transportation
• Korte Construction

[edit] Professional sports teams

• Baseball: Gateway Grizzlies, St. Louis Cardinals
• American Football: St. Louis Rams
• Hockey: St. Louis Blues
• Basketball: none
• Soccer: none

[edit] Tourist attractions

Brooks Catsup Bottle, Collinsville Cahokia Mounds, Collinsville, on Madison-St. Clair County line GCS Ballpark, Sauget Père Marquette State Park, Grafton Raging Rivers Water Park, Grafton The Game, Glen Carbon

St. Clair Square Mall, Fairview Heights Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, Prairie Du Rocher, just outside Monroe County Robert Wadlow Statue, Alton Horseshoe Lake, Pontoon Beach, Madison, and Granite City Alton Square Mall, Alton Carlyle Lake, Carlyle

[edit] Residents, historic figures, and contributors

Jason Boyd, Edwardsville, AAA pitcher Jimmy Connors, East St. Louis and Belleville, world-famous tennis player Buddy Ebson, Belleville, Television Actor Brian Daubach, Belleville, MLB 1B/DH/Outfielder, currently playing for the St. Louis Cardinals Miles Davis, East St. Louis and Alton, world-famous jazz artist Jay Farrar, Belleville, musician Norm Greenberg, Belleville, Metro-East television personality Scott Wolf, Belleville, Actor Louis Jolliet, explorer of the Mississippi River Jackie Joyner-Kersee East St. Louis, athlete Mark Little, Edwardsville, AAA outfielder Père Jacques Marquette, French discoverer

Jeff Tweedy, Belleville, lead singer of the band Wilco Uncle Tupelo, Belleville, alternative country band Robert Pershing Wadlow, Alton, World's Tallest Man William Holden, O'Fallon, Hollywood actor Michael Stipe, Collinsville, lead singer of the band REM Josephine Baker, East St. Louis, performer and activist Senator Richard J. Durbin, East St. Louis, U.S. senator T. J. Mathews, Columbia, former MLB pitcher Neal Cotts, Lebanon, Pitcher currently playing for the Chicago Cubs Shadrach Bond, Monroe County, first Governor of Illinois Philip Francois Renault early French exploiter of area, in 1623 granted land in southern Monroe County

[edit] Media in the Metro-East

[edit] St. Louis Area TV Stations

• Note: This list is for the entire Metro-East area, however, the low-powered stations may not reach the entire 5-county Metro-East area. WSIU, despite not being based from the St. Louis DMA, is available in Monroe, Clinton, Washington, and most of St. Clair.

v • d • e Broadcast television in the St. Louis market  (Nielsen DMA #21) KTVI 2 (Fox) - KMOV 4 (CBS) - KSDK 5 (NBC)  (NBC WX+ on DT2) - KPTN-CA 7 (HSN) - KETC 9 (PBS) - KPLR 11 (The CW) - KNLC 24 (FamilyNet) - KEFN-CA 28 (EWTN) - KDNL 30 (ABC) - K33GU 33 / K22HG 22 (TBN) - WRBU 46 (MNTV) - W50CH 50 (REL) - KUMO-LP 51 (RTN) - KDTL-LP 64 (DS) Outlying Areas: K07SD 7 (NBC) - WSIU 8 (PBS) - KFVS 12 (CBS) - K16FE 16 (TBN) - W29CI 29 (3ABN) Local cable television channels Bostel - FSN Midwest - WUTV 22 (Washington University)

[edit] Champaign-Urbana/Decatur/Springfield Area TV Stations

• Note: This list is for Jersey County, however, the majority of these stations are not available for most Jersey County residents. These stations are more likely to be available in Greene and Macoupin counties, which border Jersey County.

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Champaign-Urbana/Decatur/Springfield market  (Nielsen DMA #84) WCIA 3 (CBS, WCFN on DT2) - WSIU 8 / WUSI 16 (PBS) - WILL 12 (PBS) - WSEC 14 (PBS) - WICD 15 / WICS 20 (ABC) - WAND 17 (NBC) - WBUI 23 (The CW) - W29BG 29/W34DL 34 (TBN) - WLCF-LP 45 (CTN/FamilyNet) - WBXC 46 (MTV2) - WCFN 49 (MNTV, WCIA on DT2) - WEIU 51 (PBS) - WRSP 55 / WCCU 27 (Fox) Defunct stations: WJJY 14 (ABC)

[edit] Paducah/Cape Girardeau/Harrisburg Area TV Stations

• Note: This list is for Monroe, St. Clair, and Clinton counties, however, the majority of the stations, with the exception of WSIU and WPXS and possibly KFVS, are not available for a majority of the St. Clair, Clinton, and/or Monroe County residents. These stations are more likely to be available in Washington County and the Centralia area.

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Paducah (KY) / Cape Girardeau (MO) / Harrisburg (IL) market  (Nielsen DMA #79) WSIL 3 / KPOB 15 (ABC) - WPSD 6 (NBC) - WSIU 8 (PBS) - WQWQ-LP 9 / WQTV-LP 24 (The CW) - KFVS 12 (CBS) (The CW on DT2) - WPXS 13 (RTN) - W15BU 15 (3ABN) - WKMU 21 / WKPD 29 (PBS / KET) - KBSI 23 (FOX) - WUWT-CA 26 (A1) - WTCT 27 (TCT / TBN) - WDKA 49 (MNTV)

[edit] Daily Newspapers

• Note: daily newspaper coverage depends on county.

• Alton Telegraph (Madison, Jersey counties)
• Belleville News-Democrat (region-wide)
• Centralia Sentinel (Clinton and Washington counties)
• Southern Illinoisan (mainly in Washington County, rarely found elsewhere in Metro-East as the owner of this newspaper also owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch (region wide)
• Edwardsville Intelligencer (Madison County)

[edit] Radio Stations

• Note: stations listed are licensed and have offices in Metro-East counties only. Stations that can be heard in the Metro-East but not listed have offices outside the Metro-East counties.

WSIE 88.7 FM (Edwardsville), jazz/public radio WLCA 89.9 FM (Godfrey), alternative/college radio WRXX 95.3 FM (Centralia), pop WFUN 95.5 FM (Bethalto), hip-hop WDLJ 97.5 FM (Carlyle), classic rock KATZ 100.3 FM (Alton), urban WJAF 103.7 FM (Centralia) WNSV 104.7 FM (Nashville), Hot AC

WTPC 105.3 FM (Elsah), college radio WAOX 105.3 FM (Staunton), Hot AC WILY 1210 AM (Centralia), oldies WJBM 1480 AM (Jerseyville), talk WESL 1490 AM (East St. Louis), urban WXOZ 1510 AM (Highland,Belleville) WBGZ 1570 AM (Alton), news/talk

See also: Radio stations in Illinois

[edit] Metro-East in fiction

Laurell K. Hamilton has used the Metro-East as a setting in several books from the Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series. In the Merry Gentry series, faries of the Unseelie Court have made their home in Monk's Mound.

[edit] Area Codes

• Area code 217: extreme northeast part of Metro East, in Madison County (around New Douglas).
• Area code 618: majority of the Metro-East is in this area code.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Illinois Department of Employment Security - Metro East: 1965 to Today By: Dennis Hoffman
• Metro-East.com

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