Cairo, Illinois

E444928

city county seat

Cairo, Illinois is a historic river town at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers that played a significant role in regional trade, transportation, and Civil War history.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Cairo, Illinois canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ county seat ⓘ
borderedBy	Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
connectedBy	Illinois Central Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 51 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 60 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 62 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Alexander County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation	low-lying river floodplain ⓘ
experienced	economic decline in the 20th century ⓘ
governedBy	city government of Cairo, Illinois ⓘ
hasGeographicFeature	Cairo Point NERFINISHED ⓘ confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Cairo Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStructure	floodwall ⓘ levee system ⓘ
historicalSignificance	Civil War logistics center ⓘ Union Army supply base during the American Civil War ⓘ Union naval base during the American Civil War ⓘ
knownFor	Civil War-era sites ⓘ historic downtown architecture ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf	Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Alexander County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Illinois Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Birds Point–New Madrid Floodway NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Cairo, Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	United States inland waterway system NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	river port ⓘ trade center ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ
servedAs	staging area for Civil War campaigns in the Western Theater ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
usedBy	Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasImportantFor	rail–river intermodal transport ⓘ river commerce ⓘ steamboat traffic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mississippi River culture → associatedWith → Cairo, Illinois ⓘ

southern Illinois → contains → Cairo, Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Illinois