Fairmont City

Fairmont City is a small town in the St. area of Illinois, bordering East St. Louis to the south.

Understand
The village is only about 5 minutes from the world-famous Gateway Arch of St. Louis. Sunset often provides picturesque views of the arch and St. Louis' skyline. Collinsville Road, once known as the National Road, runs the length of the village. Along this route there is an accumulation of vintage, in situ roadside Americana advertising signage that is unsurpassed in the area.

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 * Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in bordering Collinsville was the center of the largest prehistoric Native American city in the U.S. and one of only 20 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the nation.
 * Gateway Motorsports Park, bordering Fairmont City, holds many different motorsports events.
 * St. Louis, of course.