Future City, Illinois

Future City is an unincorporated community in Cache Precinct, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Future City is located along U.S. Route 51 north of Cairo, and south of Urbandale.

Future City, Illinois
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°01′44″N 89°11′17″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Alexander
Precinct	Cache
Elevation	312 ft (95 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	62914
Area codes	618/730
GNIS feature ID	424909[1]

The town was founded as a suburb of Cairo in the early 1900s and was populated almost entirely by African Americans. Much of the town was damaged during a flood in 1912 but was quickly rebuilt. However, the town was once again devastated in 1913 during the Great Flood of 1913 with every building in town being damaged or moved during the flood.^[2] Only a few residents remain in Future City today.

Education

It is in the Cairo School District. Future City used to have a school named Bruce School. It is unknown when it closed.^[3]