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Metropolis, IL 62960
Metropolis, Illinois
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Metropolis
is a city
located along the Ohio River in Massac
County, Illinois, in the United States. As
of the 2000 census, the city population was
6,482. It is the county seat of Massac
CountyGR6.
On January 21, 1972 DC Comics declared
Metropolis "Hometown of Superman". On June
9, 1972 the Illinois State Legislature
passed Resolution 572 that declared
Metropolis the "Hometown of Superman," the
comic book superhero who is based in the
fictional city of Metropolis. The real city
celebrates its "local hero" in every
possible way that it can. Among the ways it
celebrates the character are a large
Superman statue in the city, a small
Superman museum, and an annual Superman
festival that is in June. Also, it has a
local newspaper, known as The Metropolis
Planet, a name inspired by the newspaper in
fictional Metropolis, The Daily Planet.
In the 1850s the city was planned as part of
the Western District of Columbia, a new
capital of the U.S. to replace Washington,
D.C., along with Fort Massac east of
Metropolis and the never-built Capitol City,
Kentucky across the Ohio River.
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