Future City
Future City is an unincorporated community in Cache Precinct, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Future City is located along U.S. Route 51 north of Cairo, and south of Urbandale.Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet with 17 residents
- Description: unincorporated community in Illinois
- Also known as: “Future City, IL” and “Future City, Illinois”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Custom House and Alexander County Courthouse.
Old Custom House
Museum
Photo: Jonathunder, GFDL.
The Old Custom House is a historic government building in downtown Cairo, Illinois. Built from 1869 to 1872, the building served as a customs house, post office, and courthouse. Old Custom House is situated 2 miles southeast of Future City.
Alexander County Courthouse
Courthouse
The Alexander County Courthouse is a government building in central Cairo, the county seat of Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Built in the 1960s, it is the latest in a series of courthouses erected in four towns across Alexander County. Alexander County Courthouse is situated 2 miles south of Future City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urbandale and Cairo.
Urbandale
Hamlet
Urbandale is an unincorporated community in Cache Precinct, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Urbandale is located on Illinois Route 37 north of Cairo. Urbandale is situated 1½ miles north of Future City.
Cairo
Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Photolitherland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cairo Historic District is a historic district encompassing a large section of Cairo, Illinois. The district is roughly bounded by Park, 33rd, Sycamore, 21st, Cedar, and 4th Streets and the Ohio River; it includes most areas of Cairo developed by 1890, save for two sections which are almost entirely renovated or deteriorated. Cairo Historic District is situated 2 miles southeast of Future City.
Future City
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Alexander, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.02965° or 37° 1′ 47″ northLongitude
-89.18796° or 89° 11′ 17″ westPopulation
17Elevation
312 feet (95 metres)Open location code
869G2RH6+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 153718769OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4239209Wikidata ID
Q5510634
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Future City” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “未來城 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “未來城”
- French: “Future City”
- Irish: “Future City”
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