Fairmont City

History

The Granby Mining Company of Granby, Missouri, built a zinc smelter in Fairmont City in 1912. A petition to incorporate the village was filed with St. Clair County on February 11, 1914. Residents voted for incorporation on March 3, when the community had a population of more than 300. The smelter became the economic center of a working-class immigrant community. Fairmont City Hall was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1936.

Geography

Fairmont City is located in northwestern St. Clair County. A small part of the village extends north into southwestern Madison County. The community is bordered to the northwest by Brooklyn, to the north by Madison, to the northeast by Pontoon Beach, to the east by Collinsville, to the southeast by Caseyville, to the south by Washington Park, and to the southwest by East St. Louis. The village limits extend west from the main portion of Fairmont City to touch the Mississippi River directly across from St. Louis. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fairmont City has a total area of , of which are land and , or 5.22%, are water. National City, a former company town to the west of Fairmont City, was dissolved in 1997, and annexed by Fairmont City.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  30,199
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  29,254
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  24,781
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  23,763
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  21,505
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  17,232
• Common Grackle

  Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,453
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,799

Largest nearby schools

• Belleville High School-West
  High · Belleville · 2,234 students · 17.2:1 ratio
• Collinsville High School
  High · Collinsville · 1,978 students · 16.3:1 ratio
• East St Louis Senior High School
  High · East Saint Louis · 1,299 students · 15.8:1 ratio
• Cahokia High School
  High · Cahokia · 845 students · 16.6:1 ratio
• Fulton Jr High School
  Middle · O Fallon · 649 students · 19.1:1 ratio
• Wirth/Parks Middle School
  Middle · Cahokia · 617 students · 15.8:1 ratio
• Mason/Clark Middle Sch
  Middle · East Saint Louis · 615 students · 11.2:1 ratio
• Abraham Lincoln Elem School
  Elementary · Belleville · 512 students · 15.5:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.57 — 2024-09-19
  1 km S of Old Monroe, Missouri
• M 2.81 — 2024-03-28
  1 km NNE of Germantown, Illinois
• M 2.53 — 2024-03-05
  6 km ENE of Pinckneyville, Illinois
• M 3.07 — 2023-12-18
  5 km WNW of Waltonville, Illinois
• M 2.84 — 2022-04-29
  1 km SSW of Peerless Park, Missouri
• M 2.57 — 2019-09-11
  6 km NNE of Bonne Terre, Missouri