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Granite City, Illinois
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Granite City, Illinois
Granite City
is a city in
Madison County
,
Illinois
,
United States
, within the
Greater St. Louis
metropolitan area. The population was 29,849 at the
2010 census
, making it the second largest city in the
Metro East
and
Southern Illinois
regions, behind
Belleville
. Officially founded in 1896, Granite City was named by the Niedringhaus brothers, William and
Frederick
, who established it as a
steel making
company town
for the manufacture of kitchen utensils made to resemble granite.
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