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About East Cape Girardeau, IL

East Cape Girardeau is a tiny Mississippi River community of 283 people in southern Illinois, directly across from Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Access is via Illinois Route 3 from the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge (US 74) or from Interstate 57 near Cairo. Cape Girardeau Regional Airport sits 8 miles northwest. The town operates one of the oldest post offices west of the Mississippi, dating to 1793.

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East Cape Girardeau, IL is in United States, at 37.296, -89.487 - about 21 km east of Gordonville, MO.

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The closest airport to East Cape Girardeau, IL is Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, 16 km (about 18 min by car).

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