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Metropolis, Illinois

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Location

The Resume

    (1747- )
    Born in United States
    Population: 5,945 (2019)
    Located in Massac County, Illinois
    Located on the Ohio River
    Part of the Paducah, Kentucky-Illinois Micropolitan Statistical Area

Why Metropolis, Illinois might be annoying:

    It is a tourist trap.
    It doesn't have a very diverse population as 89.6% of it is white.
    An earthquake damaged Fort Massac in the early 1810s.
    It has an obession with Superman because it shares its name with the fictional Metropolis from the Superman comics.
    It used to be home to many Confederate allies in the Civil War.
    It was part of the proposal of a 'Western District of Columbia' in which nothing was materialized.

Why Metropolis, Illinois might not be annoying:

    Pioneering African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux and actor Christopher Jackson were born here.
    It hosts a four-day Superman celebration event every June since 1979.
    It was referenced in a Superman comic book story and in a song by Sufjan Stevens from his album 'Illinois.'
    The Elijah P. Curtis House is a historic site and it is part of the National Register of Historic Places.
    Fort Massac is the first state park of Illinois and it is also a historic site in the area.
    The Honeywell Uranium Hexafluoride Processing Facility processes uranium into uranium hexafluoride.

Credit: Neo NX2004


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