National City

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · ILLINOIS

A historical populated place in St. Clair County, Illinois, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: National City
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Illinois
County: St. Clair County
USGS Map: Granite City
Coordinates: 38.6456062, -90.1609430
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GNIS Feature ID: 426441

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS historical note

Disincorporated September 1996 and portions annexed into East St. Louis, Madison and Fairmont City, remainder may still be referenced as National City.

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 426441. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

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Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.