Alexander County, Illinois
Cairo Real Estate and Local Guide
Cairo is a small, historic river city at the southern tip of Illinois, set on the narrow point of land where the Ohio and Mississippi rivers meet. Once a busy 19th-century steamboat and railroad port, it now has a much smaller population and is the only Illinois city fully surrounded by levees.
Living in Cairo
The southernmost city in Illinois, sitting at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the only Illinois city fully surrounded by levees. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Homes in Cairo
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Cairo home
Magnolia Manor
1869 Italianate red-brick mansion, now a Victorian house museum on the National Register of Historic Places
Cairo Custom House Museum
Federal custom house completed in 1872 in the Italianate style, now a local history museum
Millionaire's Row
Row of 19th-century riverboat-era mansions on Washington Avenue, including the 1865 Second Empire Riverlore Mansion
Fort Defiance State Park
State park at the southern tip of Illinois marking the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, site of a Civil War garrison