Editing Fairmont City, Illinois (section)

==Geography==
Fairmont City is located in northwestern St. Clair County at {{coord|38|39|4|N|90|5|59|W|type:city}} (38.651200, -90.099788).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> A small part of the village extends north into southwestern Madison County. The community is bordered to the northwest by [[Brooklyn, Illinois|Brooklyn]], to the north by [[Madison, Illinois|Madison]], to the northeast by [[Pontoon Beach, Illinois|Pontoon Beach]], to the east by [[Collinsville, Illinois|Collinsville]], to the southeast by [[Caseyville, Illinois|Caseyville]], to the south by [[Washington Park, Illinois|Washington Park]], and to the southwest by [[East St. Louis, Illinois|East St. Louis]]. The village limits extend west {{convert|3|mi|0}} 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 {{convert|6.55|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|6.21|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are land and {{convert|0.34|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, or 5.22%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

Fairmont City is built atop portions of the [[Cahokia]] Mounds, a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]]. Sam Chucalo Mound, one of the mounds, is in the western part of the village. Other mounds are in the eastern part of the village within [[Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site]].

In April 2016, the [[US Environmental Protection Agency]] added the Old American Zinc Fairmont City site to the [[National Priorities List]] following the Illinois EPA discovering high levels of lead, arsenic, cadmium and zinc in soil samples. Collected soil samples from properties and alleyways showed residue of arsenic, cadmium and zinc.<ref>United States E.P.A. letter dated November 28, 2017, to Village of Fairmont City</ref>

Fairmont City is {{convert|5|mi|0}} east of the [[Gateway Arch]] of St. Louis. Sunset often provides picturesque views of the arch and St. Louis' skyline. Collinsville Road runs the length of the village. This route once contained an accumulation of vintage, in situ roadside Americana advertising signage, most of which has not been removed or destroyed over time.

[[National City, Illinois|National City]], a former company town to the west of Fairmont City, was dissolved in 1997, and annexed by Fairmont City.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/illinois/life/traces-of-the-past-visions-of-the-future-in-national/article_5ba4d0d0-0a60-5bcc-971e-27da08d059be.html|title=Traces of the past, visions of the future in National City}}</ref>