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Welcome to Cairo ...The city of Cairo is located in Alexander County<1> and is the County Seat for Alexander County. The pronunciation of Cairo: KAIR-oh<2> Cairo was established in 1837. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Cairo has a population of 2,095 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Cairo is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Cairo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Cairo is located in the (618) area code. The ZIP code for Cairo: 62914<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Cairo had an population of 2,095 people. This is a decrease of 26% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 42.32% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Cairo had a population of 2,831 people (or 34.5% of the total population of Alexander County). This makes Cairo the county's most populous community. The population of Cairo represents 0.02% of the population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 435th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,831 people, the population of Cairo decreased 22.05% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 3,632 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Cairo. Communities Also Named Cairo ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Cairo - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi (3), Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Tennessee (2), Texas and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cairo. Communities near Cairo ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cairo.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cairo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cairo. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cairo. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cairo. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cairo. Our list includes 59 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Cairo. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cairo ...Looking for more information about Cairo? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Cairo, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Cairo. Adding Cairo to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cairo in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cairo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Cairo in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Cairo. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cairo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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