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Granite City

city in Madison County, Illinois, United States
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Summary

Granite City is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (841 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Madison County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Postal code: 62040[5]
  • Commons category: Granite City, Illinois[6]
  • Local dialing code: 618[7]
  • Inception: 1896[8]
  • Official website: http://www.granitecity.illinois.gov/[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Granite City, Illinois[10]
  • Population: 31,301[11], 29,849[12], 27,549[13]
  • Official name: Granite City[14]
  • Category for people born here: Q8735077[15]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Granite City, Illinois[16]
  • Number of households: 12,125[17]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Granite City, Illinois[18]
  • Elevation above sea level: 128 m[19]
  • Area: 53.799699 km²[20], 53.615811 km²[21]
  • Water as percent of area: 6.8233 percent[22]
  • Per capita income: 26,036 US dollars[23]

Why It Matters

Granite City has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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