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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 Southern Illinois counties (and parts
of three others) 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 the Chicago metropolitan
area.
MetroLink in Belleville IL
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.
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 most common 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, Belleville, and Alton.
Secondary languages tend to be cultural or reminiscent of ancestry,
and not related to the general business of the area.
List of
counties
St. Louis MSA, the 5 counties in Illinois are known as
Metro-East.
Map of Illinois highlighting Metro-East.
List of cities, towns,
and villages
Notes:
- ^ means part of city in another county(ies)
- Bold indicates County Seat
Clinton
County
Jersey
County
Madison
County
Monroe
County
St. Clair
County
Colleges and
Universities
Transportation
State
routes
U.S.
routes
Interstate
freeways
Major
Employers
Tourist
attractions
Residents,
historic figures, and contributors
- Jason Boyd, Edwardsville, AAA
pitcher
- Jimmy
Connors, East St. Louis and Belleville, world-famous tennis
player
- Buddy Ebsen,
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
|
Media in
the Metro East
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.
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.
| Broadcast television in South Central
Illinois (including Champaign-Urbana, Springfield and Decatur) |
|
WCIA 3 (3.1 CBS, 3.2 WCFN) • WILL
(12.1 PBS, 12.2 PBS World, 12.3 Create) • WSEC 14 (14.1 PBS, 14.2 PBS World, 14.3 Create) • WUSI (16.1 PBS, 16.2 SD, 16.3 Create) • WAND (17.1 NBC,
17.2 local WX) •
WICS/WICD (20.1/15.1 ABC) • WBUI (23.1 CW, 23.2 SD) • W29BG 29 / W34DL 34 (TBN) · WLCF-LD 45 (CTN/FN) · WBXC-CA 46 (A1) • WCFN 49 (49.1 MNTV, 49.2 WCIA) • WEIU 51 (51.1 PBS, 51.2 MHz WorldView) • WRSP/WCCU (55.1/27.1 Fox)
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| See also:
Peoria-Bloomington, Chicago, Quincy, St. Louis, Quad Cities,
Evansville, Terre Haute, Lafayette, and Paducah TV |
|
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.
Daily
newspapers
- Note: daily newspaper coverage depends on county.
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
- WAOX 105.3 FM (Staunton), Hot
AC
- WSMI 106.1 FM (Litchfield).
country
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- 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
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See also: Radio stations in
Illinois
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.
Robert J.
Randisi set one of his Joe Keough mysteries, East of the
Arch (2002), in the Metro East communities of East St. Louis
and Fairview Heights.[3]
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.
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