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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 area's largest city is Belleville.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the five counties of the area 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.
As of the census² 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 other languages are spoken. German is spoken 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, West 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.
★ Clinton
★ Jersey
★ Madison
★ Monroe
★ St. Clair
'Notes:'
★ ''^'' means part of city in another county(ies)
★ 'Bold' indicates County Seat.
★ Brighton ^ (Also in Macoupin County)
★ Dow
★ Elsah
★ Fidelity
★ Fieldon
★ Grafton
★ 'Jerseyville'
★ Otterville
★ Ames
★ Burksville
★ Columbia
★ Fults
★ Hecker
★ Mayestown
★ New Hanover
★ Valmeyer
★ Wartburg
★ 'Waterloo'
★ U.S. Route 40
★ U.S. Route 50
★ U.S. Route 51
★ U.S. Route 66 (Historical Route Designation)
★ U.S. Route 67
★ Interstate 55
★ Interstate 64
★ Interstate 70
★ Interstate 255
★ Interstate 270
★ 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
★ 'Baseball:' Gateway Grizzlies, St. Louis Cardinals
★ 'American Football:' St. Louis Rams
★ 'Hockey:' St. Louis Blues
★ 'Basketball:' none
★ 'Soccer:' none
★ 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
★ Ft. Chartres, Prairie Du Rocher
★ Popeye Statue, Chester
★ Robert Wadlow Statue, Alton
★ Horseshoe Lake (Madison County), Pontoon Beach, Madison, and Granite City
★ Alton Square Mall, Alton
★ Carlyle Lake, Carlyle
★ Jason Boyd, Edwardsville, AAA pitcher
★ Jimmy Connors, East St. Louis and Belleville, world-famous tennis player
★ 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
★ Louis Jolliet, founder 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
★ Kirk Rueter, Nashville, former MLB pitcher
★ T.J. Matthews, Columbia, former MLB pitcher
★ Neal Cotts, Lebanon, Pitcher currently playing for the Chicago Cubs
★ 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.
★ 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.
★ 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.
★ 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)
★ St. Louis Post-Dispatch (region wide)
★ Edwardsville Intelligencer (Madison County)
★ 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)
★ WHHL 104.1 FM (Jerseyville), urban
★ 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
★ WBGZ 1570 AM (Alton), news/talk
See also: Radio stations in Illinois
★ Area code 217: extreme northeast part of Metro East, in Madison County.
★ Area code 618: majority of the Metro-East is in this area code.
1. State of Illinois. Metro-East.
★ WikiLou - The St. Louis Area's Wiki
MetroLink in Belleville IL
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the five counties of the area 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 census² 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 other languages are spoken. German is spoken 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, West 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.
★ Clinton
★ Jersey
★ Madison
★ Monroe
★ St. Clair
List of cities
'Notes:'
★ ''^'' means part of city in another county(ies)
★ 'Bold' indicates County Seat.
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) |
Jersey County
★ Brighton ^ (Also in Macoupin County)
★ Dow
★ Elsah
★ Fidelity
★ Fieldon
★ Grafton
★ 'Jerseyville'
★ Otterville
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 |
Monroe County
★ Ames
★ Burksville
★ Columbia
★ Fults
★ Hecker
★ Mayestown
★ New Hanover
★ Valmeyer
★ Wartburg
★ 'Waterloo'
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 |
Highways
State Highways
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
Interstate Highways
★ Interstate 55
★ Interstate 64
★ Interstate 70
★ Interstate 255
★ Interstate 270
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
Professional sports teams
★ 'Baseball:' Gateway Grizzlies, St. Louis Cardinals
★ 'American Football:' St. Louis Rams
★ 'Hockey:' St. Louis Blues
★ 'Basketball:' none
★ 'Soccer:' none
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
★ Ft. Chartres, Prairie Du Rocher
★ Popeye Statue, Chester
★ Robert Wadlow Statue, Alton
★ Horseshoe Lake (Madison County), Pontoon Beach, Madison, and Granite City
★ Alton Square Mall, Alton
★ Carlyle Lake, Carlyle
Residents, historic figures, and contributors
★ Jason Boyd, Edwardsville, AAA pitcher
★ Jimmy Connors, East St. Louis and Belleville, world-famous tennis player
★ 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
★ Louis Jolliet, founder 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
★ Kirk Rueter, Nashville, former MLB pitcher
★ T.J. Matthews, Columbia, former MLB pitcher
★ Neal Cotts, Lebanon, Pitcher currently playing for the Chicago Cubs
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.
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.
★ 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)
★ St. Louis Post-Dispatch (region wide)
★ Edwardsville Intelligencer (Madison 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)
★ WHHL 104.1 FM (Jerseyville), urban
★ 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
★ WBGZ 1570 AM (Alton), news/talk
See also: Radio stations in Illinois
Area Codes
★ Area code 217: extreme northeast part of Metro East, in Madison County.
★ Area code 618: majority of the Metro-East is in this area code.
References
1. State of Illinois. Metro-East.
★ WikiLou - The St. Louis Area's Wiki
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